VIOLENCE AND REFINED DISCOURSE IN A GRANDE ARTE, BY RUBEM FONSECA

Since the release of his first publication, Rubem Foseca has been associated to a representation of violence through sophisticated language. Such characteristic led Alfredo Bosi to include Fonseca in the brutalist literary movement. This article intends to examine how brutality resulting from social...

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Autores: Reis, Murilo Eduardo dos [UNESP], Moraes Leonel, Maria Celia de [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/160359
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1517-106X/20182013446
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/160359
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Rubem Fonseca
crime novel
violence
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Sumario:Since the release of his first publication, Rubem Foseca has been associated to a representation of violence through sophisticated language. Such characteristic led Alfredo Bosi to include Fonseca in the brutalist literary movement. This article intends to examine how brutality resulting from social differences in Brazilian society is represented in A grande arte (1983), the second crime novel written by Fonseca. In this novel, the author uses refined narrative techniques to represent in detail situations of explicit violence that involve the protagonist-narrator and other characters and whose main agent for violence is a contract killer. Based on studies about crime novels, Brazilian narrative and narrative techniques, we will reveal the link between the representation of brutality, criticism of social inequality and composition of crime novels achieved through sophisticated writing.