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| Author(s): |
Ana Paula Gomes do Nascimento
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem |
| Defense date: | 2012-00-00 |
| Examining board members: |
João Adolfo Hansen;
Emerson Tin
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| Advisor: | Antonio Alcir Bernárdez Pécora |
| Abstract | |
The present study proposes to analyze Chilean Letters, a work attributed to Tomas Antonio Gonzaga (1744-ca.1810), in terms of its place within a rhetorical institution, which regulated representation practices until the 18th century. Thus, an investigation regarding the genre of the work is necessary, which we identify as a satirical epistle. In fact, the title itself reveals its epistolary nature, while its content demonstrates its satirical nature. However, a survey of the trajectory of the critical reception of the work - carried out by Furtado in 1997 - evidences that, in general, it tended to be classified mainly as a historiographical document that could reveal the events leading up to the Minas Conspiracy, rather than as a literary document with historicized patterns. Therefore, the critical tradition seems to have concentrated on possible historical events, without, however, taking into account the historicity of the rhetorical-ethical-poetic aspect of the work. The present study thus carries out a rhetorically-guided reading of the letters and intends to contribute to a new approach to the work. The techniques of ekphrasis and ethopoeia are studied, revealing the significance of the "caricatures" present in Chilean Letters. We aim to demonstrate that icastic and phantastic imitations coexist in the work, such that in some letters the emphasis falls on historical/specific aspects and in others on poetic/universal aspects. The presence of the topic of the braggart soldier is also studied, miles gloriosus in Roman comedy or alazon in Greek comedy. Finally, the figures of Fanfarrao Minesio and Don Quixote will be approximated (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/04193-0 - The "Chilean letters" between the epistle and satire: a rhetorical study of the work attributed to Tomás Antônio Gonzaga. |
| Grantee: | Ana Paula Gomes do Nascimento |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |