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Questions of literary epistemology in 'Grande sertão: veredas'

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Abstract:
This article discusses the concepts of indetermination and metamorphosis in ‘Grande Sertão: Veredas’. Presenting the subject as dislocated from a position of dominance, this novel calls into question rationalist epistemology, which reduces the world to a one-and-only logical principle.
Este artigo discute os conceitos de indeterminação e metamorfose em 'Grande Sertão: Veredas'. Apresentando o assunto como deslocado de uma posição de domínio, este romance põe em causa a epistemologia racionalista, que reduz o mundo a um princípio único e lógico.

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Oliveira, Rejane Pivetta de, "Questions of literary epistemology in 'Grande sertão: veredas'" (2009). BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/5cm4-zp18

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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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