Violence and Rap in City of God: On the Representation of the Other in Brazilian Literature

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https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2010v5.e25397

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Brazilian literature, Brazilian novel, Violence, Marginalization

Abstract

Brazilian writers have been challenged to avoid a sentimental or paternalistic treatment when it is time to represent the subjectivity of the poor, humble and oppressed ones. By appealing to the language of music, Cidade de Deus, controversial Brazilian novel written by Paulo Lins in 1997, seems to challenge the contemporary literature trends, in which short and elliptical forms are privileged. The complex architecture of the novel and the way violence is represented lead to a central question in this article: would the short and controlled forms in literature suppose an irreducible distance between the intellectual and the subject he is dealing with?

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ALVIM, F. Elefante. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2000.

ARÊAS, V. Errando nas quinas da Cidade de Deus. PRAGA: estudos marxistas 5, São Paulo: Hucitec, 1998.

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LACERDA, R. Mosaico da violência. Folha de São Paulo, São Paulo, 8 nov. 1997.

LINS, P. Cidade de Deus. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1997.

Published

2010-01-12

How to Cite

Schincariol, M. T. (2010). Violence and Rap in City of God: On the Representation of the Other in Brazilian Literature. Estação Literária, 5, 192–200. https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2010v5.e25397

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Artigos da Seção Livre