Open AccessDe Swift a Sterne: reflexões sobre o humor britânico na obra de Machado de Assis
Author(s) -
William Valentine Redmond
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta scientiarum. language and culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1983-4683
pISSN - 1983-4675
DOI - 10.4025/actascilangcult.v33i1.7357
Subject(s) - swift , humanities , taste , art , intertextuality , philosophy , psychology , literature , physics , neuroscience , astrophysics
Os humoristas britânicos, especialmente Swift e Sterne são tradicionalmente vistos como escritores que influenciaram a obra de Machado de Assis. Entretanto, foi o crítico Eugenio Gomes que provou, com precisão, a sutileza e o bom gosto que Machado obteve dessa influência. Em uma abordagem contemporânea, torna-se interessante questionar essa idéia de influência e examinar, à luz da intertextualidade, esse contato do humor entre as obras de Machado e as dessas duas grandes figuras da Literatura na Língua Inglesa.The British humourists, especially Swift and Sterne are traditionally seen as writers who influenced Machado de Assis’ works. However it was the critic Eugenio Gomes who showed with precision the sublety and excellent taste of Machado obtained through this influence. With our contemporary approaches, it becomes interesting to question the idea of influence and examine in the light of intertextuality this contact of humour between the works of Machado and those of these two great figures of Literature in the English Language