Tabu e amor: a afetividade masculina em “Viagem de núpcias” de Rubem Fonseca

Rafael Magno de Paula Costa

doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2021v40p23

Taboo and love: the male affectivity in “Viagem de núpcias” by Rubem Fonseca

Authors

Rafael Magno de Paula Costa Universidade Estadual do Paraná - UNESPAR; Secretaria de estado da educação do Paraná -SEED/PR https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1192-8640

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2021v40p23

Keywords:

Love, Masculinities, Taboo, Brazilian short stories

Abstract

This article develops an analysis about “Viagem de núpcias” Rubens Fonseca’s short stories. In the analysis, the taboo issue is discussed, considering that main character can’t get sexual intercourse with his wife, due to excessive respect he had for her, althought he is a man that accumulates several sexual experiences. At this point, we also approach about men’s studies investigating to what extent this taboo affects subject’s sexuality. The loving theme is thought in a contrasting perspective to fleeting and cumulative relationships, becoming the predominant paradigm in contemporary society. Finally, this way of relationships doesn’t prove the competence about a sexuality linked to loving and affective scopes, but just fortuitous experiences.

Author Biography

Rafael Magno de Paula Costa, Universidade Estadual do Paraná - UNESPAR; Secretaria de estado da educação do Paraná -SEED/PR

Doctor in Letters from the State University of Londrina. Professor at the Universidade Estadual do Paraná; English teacher in the public network of the State of Paraná (SEED/PR).

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2021-09-20

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COSTA, Rafael Magno de Paula. Taboo and love: the male affectivity in “Viagem de núpcias” by Rubem Fonseca. Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários, [S. l.], v. 40, p. 23–34, 2021. DOI: 10.5433/1678-2054.2021v40p23. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/terraroxa/article/view/42667. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 40: Singularidades e pluralidades do masculino na literatura brasileira (jun. 2021)

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