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This book presents Rosa's work and thought with analysis and comparison of perspectives on his writing enabling a better knowledge and understanding of his work and achievement.
Acc. no. 181384.
This collection of centenary conference essays examines and analyzes the literature of João Guimarães Rosa and his impact on literature.
Rosa (1908-1967) was one of the most acclaimed Brazilian writers of the 20th century, exploring the twisting frontiers between 'white man' and Indio, human and animal kind, city and backwoods life, madness and sanity, all themes that he examined with unflagging originality of throughout and language. This paperback original contains entirely new translations of his best pieces.
Eduardo de Faria Coutinho's analysis of Grande Sertao: Veredas places the novel at the intersection of experience, literary history, and artistry. Walking the text's balance between the real and the imaginary, and focusing his reading on the thread of ambivalence that snakes its way throughout, Coutinho weaves together the text's dichotomies between ethics and aesthetics, rural regionalism and urban universalization, and socioeconomic and psychological epistemologies. This book also serves to place Grande Sertao: Veredas in the trajectory of the history of the Latin American novel, creating an accessible point of entry to the genre, and grounding the text firmly within the literary tradition.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Portugiesische Philologie, Note: 1,3, Universität zu Köln (Romanisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Seminar: Mündliche Erzähltradition in der brasilianischen Literatur, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der folgenden Hausarbeit möchte ich aufzeigen, wie die brasilianische Literatur auf der Suche nach einer eigenständigen „brasilianischen“ Form eine neue Form des Ausdrucks für sich gefunden hat, die unter anderen in einer neuen Gattung, der „mündlich erzählten Lebensgeschichte“ mündete. Bei der Betrachtung der mündlich erzählten Lebensgeschichte möchte ich mich auf den Roman „Grande Sertão: Veredas“ von Guimarães ...
A NOVEL OF NORTHERN BRAZIL BY ONE OF THE LEADING BRAZILIAN AUTHORS.
A NOVEL OF NORTHERN BRAZIL BY ONE OF THE LEADING BRAZILIAN AUTHORS.
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