The dark side of the proclamation of the Brazilian republic: an account of how sherlock holmes approached a case of national identity and representation of the past in raimundo c. caruso's nocturno

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2011v8.e25669

Keywords:

Sherlock Holmes, Parody, National Identity, Historical

Abstract

This study is a close analysis of the novel Noturno, a parody of Sherlock Holmes and an account of a historical crisis triggered by the Proclamation of the Brazilian Republic. The characterization of Holmes and Colonel Moreira César is intimately related to national identity and historical elements. The parodic portrayal of the English detective foregrounds conflicts related to the complex of inferiority of Brazilians in relation to more developed nations and play with the notion of Brazil as a sexual paradise. The characterization of both the detective and the colonel is associated with a representation of history as an inevitably subjective interpretation of past events from textual traces.

Author Biography

Mateus da Rosa Pereira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS

PhD in Literary Studies from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS

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Published

2011-02-22

How to Cite

Pereira, M. da R. (2011). The dark side of the proclamation of the Brazilian republic: an account of how sherlock holmes approached a case of national identity and representation of the past in raimundo c. caruso’s nocturno. Estação Literária, 8(1Supl.), 142–153. https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2011v8.e25669

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