From Swift to Sterne: reflections on British humour in the works of Machado de Assis - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v33i1.7357

The British humourists, especially Swift and Sterne are traditionally seen as writers who influenced Machado de Assis’ works. However it was the critic Eugenio Gomes who showed with precision the sublety and excellent taste of Machado obtained through this influence. With our contemporary approaches...

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Autor: Redmond, William Valentine
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/7357
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/7357
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Humour
Machado de Assis
intertextuality
English literature
Humor
intertextualidade
literatura inglesa
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Sumario:The British humourists, especially Swift and Sterne are traditionally seen as writers who influenced Machado de Assis’ works. However it was the critic Eugenio Gomes who showed with precision the sublety and excellent taste of Machado obtained through this influence. With our contemporary approaches, it becomes interesting to question the idea of influence and examine in the light of intertextuality this contact of humour between the works of Machado and those of these two great figures of Literature in the English Language.