In brief the reach: irony in two Dalton Trevisan’s minfictions

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the presence of irony in two minifictions of brazilian writer Dalton Trevisan: “A boneca” and “Emiliano redivivo”. Each flash fiction has an ironic construction in which it enhances the characteristic of texts and their ability to potentiate condensed and synthetic senses. Irony, in itself, is already a polysemous resource that produces at least two distinct meanings at the same time. Moreover, Dalton Trevisan’s writing, marked by the construction of ultra short narratives, values the objectivity and power of condensation that makes the literary discourse even more permeated by multiples meanings. Thus, the understanding of the manifestations of irony in the author’s writings constitutes a reading key that contributes to the understanding the genre of minifiction and its manifestation in the Dalton Trevisan’s works. We also highlight the role of irony in the criticism of Curitiba society and the perception of violence, recurrent contents in the work of Dalton Trevisan. Finally, we use the method of literary analysis through the perspective of structural reduction, relating the use of irony in the stories with a reading of brazilian reality.