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- Abstract:
- Developing considerations on fiction, its characteristics, its role in society, especially in 2018 Brazil, this essay is a renowned Brazilian writer’s incisive exposition of ideas regarding the nature, effects and the conditions of production and reception of fictional literature. It vehemently defends the power of fiction over authoritarian positions and social prejudices such as those that were at play in the country before the Presidential elections.
- Desenvolvendo considerações sobre ficção, suas características, seu papel na sociedade, em especial no Brasil de 2018, este ensaio é uma incisiva exposição das ideias de uma renomada escritora brasileira a respeito da natureza, efeitos e condições de produção e recepção da literatura ficcional. Defende veementemente o poder da ficção sobre posições autoritárias e preconceitos sociais como os que estavam em jogo no país antes das eleições para Presidente.
Citation
Bracher, Beatriz,
"The necessity of fiction in Brazil today: or, how to fight fascists without becoming one"
(2019).
BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/a8sn-n505
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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 …