Na Esteira dos Homens sem Sombra: uma Leitura de “O Pescador e sua Alma”, de Oscar Wilde

Adilson dos Santos

doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2013v26p82

On the Track of the Men without Shadow: a Reading of “The Fisherman and His Soul”

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Adilson dos Santos Universidade Estadual de Londrina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9322-0226

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https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2013v26p82

Keywords:

Oscar Wilde, Short story, Double, Shadow

Abstract

This work aims at analyzing the short story “The fisherman and his soul”, by Oscar Wilde, under the perspective of the double. The text of Wilde recovers a theme whose roots lie in the mythological consciousness of ancient peoples: the shadow as personification or equivalent of the human soul. In this short story, the separation between body and shadow/soul will result in serious consequences for the protagonist: a young fisherman, belonging to the Jewish-Christian universe, who falls in love with a mermaid, a being coming from the pagan mythological universe.

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Adilson dos Santos, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Master and Doctor of Letters from the Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Associate Professor at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

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Published

2013-12-30

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Santos, Adilson dos. “On the Track of the Men Without Shadow: A Reading of ‘The Fisherman and His Soul’”. Terra Roxa E Outras Terras: Revista De Estudos Literários, vol. 26, Dec. 2013, pp. 82-94, doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2013v26p82.

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Vol. 26 (2013): Vertentes do Insólito Ficcional

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