Affirmation and cegation of life in Raduan Nassar

Abstract

The following article proposes a connection between Nietzsche's thought when it comes to the issue of the affirmation of life, opposed to Schopenhauer's ascetic thinking that denies the will to live, both expressed in the writing in of Raduan Nassar, Lavoura Arcaica, through the division of the family table, the first being mainly represented by the characternarrator André and second by his Father. To that objective, we intend to show how the "affirmation of life" and its consequences, inherent to André and to the left side of the family, pervades the whole book, working as the centerpiece of the life of those, in opposition to the ascetic ideal of the Father and of the "right" side of the family. Finally, we want to show how this dichotomy is sewn by a third character, hidden between the lines of text, the Time, sometimes excited and anxious, sometimes calm and patient. It is through these two approaches of life, permeated by the vagaries of Time, that we will develop our approach on the subject.