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"Um vasto prazer, quieto e profundo"
Moraes, Eliane Robert.
Affiliation
  • Moraes, Eliane Robert; s.af
Estud. av ; 23(65): 271-288, 2009.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS, BVPS | ID: biblio-1546759
Responsible library: BR1273.1
Localization: BR1273.1
RESUMO
A descrição da tortura de um rato, no conto "A causa secreta" de Machado de Assis, pode parecer tímida se comparada às cenas de suplício narradas por Sade. Todavia, uma leitura mais atenta encontrará ali as condições essenciais para a eclosão de uma misteriosa forma de prazer que costuma estar associada à figura do "sádico". Uma tal aproximação surpreende ainda mais quando se constata que o sadismo do protagonista do conto assume contornos bem mais verossímeis do que as inconcebíveis fabulações de crueldade dos devassos do marquês. Este texto parte do confronto entre os dois autores, valendo-se do diálogo entre uma dimensão estética (o realismo) e outra ética (o mal), na tentativa de propor uma interpretação do conto machadiano.
ABSTRACT
The description of a mouse being tortured in Machado de Assis's short story "A causa secreta" [English translation "The Secret Heart"] may seem timid if compared with the scenes of agony narrated by the Marquis De Sade. Nevertheless, a detailed reading will find in this short story essential conditions for the outburst of a mysterious form of pleasure that is usually associated with the image of a "sadist". A closer look might surprise the reader even more with the acknowledgement that the sadism of the protagonist takes on shapes that are more verisimilar than the inconceivable accounts of cruelty of the Marquis's dissolute characters. By means of a dialogue between an aesthetic dimension (realism) and an ethic dimension (evil), this essay confronts these two authors in an attempt to propose an interpretation of Machado de Assis's short story.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: BVPS / LILACS Main subject: Sadism / Ethics / Literature Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Journal: Estud. av Journal subject: Science / Social Sciences / Public Health Year: 2009 Document type: Article

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: BVPS / LILACS Main subject: Sadism / Ethics / Literature Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Journal: Estud. av Journal subject: Science / Social Sciences / Public Health Year: 2009 Document type: Article
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