Melancholy and finitude or hate and compassion in Samuel Rawet's short stories

Through a reading towards understanding the implications of the conflict between feelings of hatred and compassion, this article intends to discuss the social violence resulting from the authoritarianism present in any social regime. The analysis of the stories in Terreno de uma Polegada Quadrada by...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Corrêa, Alamir Aquino
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2005
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repository:Literatura e Autoritarismo
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/74023
Online Access:http://periodicos.ufsm.br/LA/article/view/74023
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Melancolia
Samuel Rawet
Contos
Melancholy
Tales
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Summary:Through a reading towards understanding the implications of the conflict between feelings of hatred and compassion, this article intends to discuss the social violence resulting from the authoritarianism present in any social regime. The analysis of the stories in Terreno de uma Polegada Quadrada by Samuel Rawet (Still once dead, Under a beautiful May sky, An afternoon in April, Reinvenção de Lázaro and Lisbon at night) reflects melancholy as an element of critical possibility within a exclusionary and authoritarian system.