Edgar Allan Poe, Machado de Assis e Julio Cortázar: três visões do conto em conjunção
Based on the essay Kafka y sus precursores, by Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), the present essay looks for coinciding views from Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Machado de Assis (1839-1908), and Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) on thatliterary genre. A possible connection between the three writers, regarded a...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
| Repository: | Repositório Institucional da UNESP |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/122500 |
| Online Access: | http://www.portaldeperiodicos.unisul.br/index.php/Critica_Cultural/article/view/216 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/122500 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Conto Literatura Comparada Allan Poe Borges Cortázar Short story Compared Literature Edgar Allan Poe Jorge Luis Borges Julio Cortázar |
| Summary: | Based on the essay Kafka y sus precursores, by Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), the present essay looks for coinciding views from Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Machado de Assis (1839-1908), and Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) on thatliterary genre. A possible connection between the three writers, regarded asmasters of the short story, is suggested having the Borgean essay as a startingpoint, while emphasizing the similarities of their views on what guides theartistic elaboration of the short stories. The confirmed relationship between Poeand Machado de Assis, and between Poe and Cortázar are emphasized, openinga door to the possibility of also thinking of a close relationship between Machadode Assis and Cortázar.Keywords:Short story; Compared Literature, Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, JulioCortázar. |
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