O Sertão Brasileiro como Espaço do Gótico em  “O Caso Inexplicável da Orelha de Lolô”, de Bernardo Élis

Alexander Meireles da Silva

doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2013v26p95

The Brazilian Hinterland as Gothic Space in “O Caso Inexplicável da Orelha de Lolô”, by Bernardo Élis

Authors

Alexander Meireles da Silva Universidade Federal de Goiás https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2742-2209

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2013v26p95

Keywords:

Fantastic literature, Brazilian literature, Regionalism, Colonial gothic

Abstract

As a descriptive image/concept of a spacial locus/geography/region that, among other readings, is represented in the form of a foreign land to Brazilians themselves or as the locus of huge social diferences within the country, the Brazilian hinterland becomes, as this article intends to demonstrate through the analysis of the short story “O caso inexplicável da orelha de Lolô” (1944), by Bernardo Élis, an appropiate setting to the manifestation of narratives that share similar elements with the ones found in Anglo-American Gothic Literature, marked by the rationalistic discourse from cultural and economic élites against marginal areas and groups.

Author Biography

Alexander Meireles da Silva, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Master in English Language Literatures from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. PhD in Comparative Literature at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Associate Professor of English Language and English Language Literatures at the Universidade Federal de Goiás.

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2013-12-30

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SILVA, Alexander Meireles da. The Brazilian Hinterland as Gothic Space in “O Caso Inexplicável da Orelha de Lolô”, by Bernardo Élis. Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários, [S. l.], v. 26, p. 95–104, 2013. DOI: 10.5433/1678-2054.2013v26p95. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/terraroxa/article/view/25165. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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