Recapitulação: Capitu's decolonial perspective in an epistolary short story by Maria Valéria Rezende

The article analyzes the short story Recapitulação , by Maria Valéria Rezende, which reinterprets Machado de Assis's novel Dom Casmurro , offering Capitu's perspective, absent in the original work. While Dom Casmurro presents the viewpo...

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Autores: Cabral, Rayssa Duarte Marques, Maquêa, Vera
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/58136
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/estudos/article/view/58136
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Maria Valéria Rezende; Recapitulação; Machado de Assis; Dom Casmurro; intertextualidade
Maria Valéria Rezende; Recapitulação; Machado de Assis; Dom Casmurro; intertextualidad
Maria Valéria Rezende; Recapitulação; Machado de Assis; Dom Casmurro; intertextuality
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Sumario:The article analyzes the short story Recapitulação , by Maria Valéria Rezende, which reinterprets Machado de Assis's novel Dom Casmurro , offering Capitu's perspective, absent in the original work. While Dom Casmurro presents the viewpoint of Bento Santiago (Bentinho), Rezende's short story, through a letter from Capitu to her friend Sancha, gives voice to the female character who has been silenced. The short story dialogues with the original novel, expanding the narrative by exploring issues of female oppression and silencing, and contributes to decolonial discussions by challenging the hegemonic 19th-century narrative. The article also revisits previous critiques of Dom Casmurro to contextualize the contribution of Rezende's short story.