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Archipelagos vs. islands: isolation and prejudice in the 'O tempo e o vento' and 'U.S.A.' triologies

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Abstract:
This study analyzes the processes that lead to individual and/or groupal isolation in Erico Verissimo's ‘O Tempo e o Vento’ (‘Time and the Wind’) and in Dos Passos' ‘U. S. A’, and studies how each of these trilogies develops the metaphor continent x island, implicit in Donne's ‘Meditation XVII’. The role of this metaphor is studied based on Mukarovsky's thought on the relation between literature and society.
Este estudo analisa os processos que levam ao isolamento individual e / ou grupal em "O Tempo e o Vento", de Erico Verissimo, e em "U. S. A", de Dos Passos, e estuda como cada uma dessas trilogias desenvolve a metáfora continente x ilha, implícita na "Meditação XVII" de Donne. O papel desta metáfora é estudado com base no pensamento de Mukarovsky sobre a relação entre literatura e sociedade.

Citation

Silva, Denise Almeida, "Archipelagos vs. islands: isolation and prejudice in the 'O tempo e o vento' and 'U.S.A.' triologies" (2009). BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/dzyb-fm90

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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 …

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