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- Based on Gilbert Durand's structural anthropology of the imaginary, this essay analyses Caio Fernando Abreu's ‘Pela Noite’, one of the short novels collected in ‘Triângulo das Águas’. The rich and enigmatic imagery of the text is interpreted according to the nocturne and diurnal regimes proposed by Durand, with special attention to the meanings of symbolic places such as the house , the rooms, the city, as well as the two characters' deeds such as drinking, giving each other secret names, and exploring the night of the hostile city like idealistic knights. The analysis stresses images of the mystic structure of the nocturne regime, meaning descent, plunging, in search of the protective motherly womb, one of the main traits of the short novel. Digestive and sexual dominants are also emphasized, together with signs of inadequacy, evasion and solitude, so as to unveil the anthropological symbols of inhospitable modem urban civilization in relation to the place of homosexuality and love in it.
- Com base na antropologia estrutural do imaginário de Gilbert Durand, este ensaio analisa "Pela Noite", de Caio Fernando Abreu, um dos pequenos romances reunidos no "Triângulo das Águas". As imagens ricas e enigmáticas do texto são interpretadas de acordo com os regimes noturnos e diurnos propostos por Durand, com especial atenção aos significados de lugares simbólicos como a casa, os quartos e a cidade, bem como os atos das duas personagens: beber, trocar nomes secretos e explorar a noite da cidade hostil como cavaleiros idealistas. A análise enfatiza imagens da estrutura mística do regime noturno, significando descida, mergulho, em busca do útero materno protetor, um dos principais traços do pequeno romance. Domínios digestivos e sexuais também são enfatizados, juntamente com sinais de inadequação, evasão e solidão, a fim de desvendar os símbolos antropológicos da civilização urbana moderna inóspita em relação ao lugar da homossexualidade e do amor nela.
Citation
Piva, Mairim Linck,
"Pela noite: An amorous pilgrimage"
(1999).
BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/h35x-0h32
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BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature
...BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature (ISSN: 2526-4885), founded in 1988, publishes scholarly articles on Brazilian literature and in Comparative Literature with a focus on Brazilian literature, as well as book reviews, interviews with writers, English-language translations of Brazilian literature …