Orientador: Luiz Gonzaga Marchezan / Banca: Arnaldo Cortina / Banca: Rauer Ribeiro / Banca: Juliana Santini / Resumo: O presente estudo parte da narrativa arquetípica de Cervantes, Dom Quixote de la Mancha e por meio dela estabelece pontos de contato com dois romances brasileiros: O coronel e o lobisomem e Fogo morto. Tem em Dom Quixote o modelo do herói problemático, conforme definido por Lukács em Teoria do romance: um indivíduo em conflito com a sociedade. Dessa maneira, na visada cervantina, o herói deixa de representar o coletivo, como na epopeia, para revelar, no romance, sua solidão em um mundo decadente. Percorrendo algumas invariantes que definem o quixotesco no interior do perfil do herói problemático, estabelece, então, pontos de contato com os heróis da literatura brasileira. O tema do poder, universal, perpassa os dois romances do regionalismo brasileiro, particularizando-os e figurativizando-os nos espaços e nas performances dos protagonistas Ponciano e Vitorino. Os dois, como Dom Quixote, são tocados pela "loucura da vã presunção" - conforme tipologia de Foucault - que corresponde à relação imaginária que cada personagem estabelece consigo mesmo por meio de um delírio de autovalorização, atribuindo-se características irreais ou, pelo menos, que não estão em consonância com a realidade que os cerca. Tomados pela ideia fixa, criam uma espécie de redoma que os impede de traçar os limites da realidade e, a despeito de suas ações infundadas, continuam lutando para a concretização de seus respectivos projetos. Como consequência dessa dissonância entre ser e sociedade, instaura-se um conflito, uma ruptura insuperável. A loucura é a única forma encontrada para esses heróis sobreviverem na sociedade degradada que os cerca e, de alguma forma, cada herói, ao seu modo, afronta à ordem estabelecida. As ações desenvolvidas por eles são dissonantes com a realidade e, por meio de gestos e entoações exageradas, hiperbólicas, culminam em situações tragicômicas... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The present study starts with the archetypal Cervantes narrative Dom Quixote de la Mancha and by means of it establishes point of contact with two Brazilian novels O coronel e o lobisomen and Fogo morto. It exists in Dom Quixote the model of the problematic hero as it was defined by Lukács the Novel Theory: an individual in conflict with the society. In this way in the aimed of cervantina the hero stops representing the collective, like in epopee, to develop in the novel, his loneliness in a decadent world. Passing through some invariants that defined the quixotic inside the profile of the problematic hero, establishes, then points of contact with the heroes of the Brazilian literature. The theme of power, universal, goes through the two novels of the Brazilian regionalism, specifying them and making them figurative in the place and in the performing of the protagonists Ponciano and Vitorino. Both as Dom Quixote, are touched by-the "madness of vain conceit" - as Focault typology - that corresponds to the imaginary relationship that each character establishes with himself even, by means of a delusion of grandeur, attributing himself unreal characteristics or, at least, that are not in accordance with the reality that is around them. Taken by the fixed idea, they create a kind of bell-glass that prevents them from drawing the limits of the reality and, despite their unfounded actions, they keep on fighting for the specification of their respective projects. As a consequence of that dissonance between being and the society, it establishes a conflict, an insuperable break. The madness is the only way found by those heroes to survive in a degraded society that surrounds them and someway, each hero in his way, affronts the established order. The developed actions that they created are dissonant with the reality and by means of gestures and exaggerated intonation, hyperbolic, culminating... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

This dissertation studies the cultural concept of “decadence” in Latin America during the nineteenth and twentieth century. It focuses on the reception of Cuban writer Julián del Casal (1863-1893) as an emblematic case. It approaches “decadence” in literary, sociological and historical terms, and relates its emergence (as cultural concept) to the legitimation crisis of colonialism brought about by the advent of industrial capitalism in the nineteenth century. The dissertation presents a comparative study of the relationship between fin de siècle and the twentieth century categorizations of the "decadent" and "degenerate" artist. Julián del Casal is analyzed as a cornerstone for such debates in three interrelated spheres: literary criticism in pre-Independence Cuba, including discussions on nationhood, art, culture, and literature; Latin American modernismo criticism, in particular the debates among writers and critics on the role of literature in fin-de-siècle Latin America; and twentieth-century literary reformulations of “decadence” among writers associated with the journal Orígenes. The dissertation combines theoretical approaches on the sociology of literature, cultural and Transatlantic theories of “decadence”, and close readings of archival material. This dissertation makes a contribution to bridging the gap between literary and cultural approaches to “decadence” as both a literary strategy and a cultural and political phenomenon. It asserts that, in order to understand the significance of “decadence” in Cuba and in the rest of Latin America, it is important to go beyond traditional approaches, which have circumscribed the study of “decadence” to the nineteenth-century, and have treated it merely as an aesthetic phenomenon. Instead, the dissertation highlights the significance of this concept, in the study of twentieth-century literature and politics, as a tool to revisit the impact of colonialism and nation-formation in Latin America.

Félicien Rops in the context his works and time is a dissertation thesis dedicated to the life and work of one of the most important representatives of artistic decadence and symbolism of the 19th century. Félicien Rops (1833-1898) was a Belgian graphic artist, illustrator and painter, whose artwork significantly influenced how the sensual beauty of the female body, human sexuality and the darker sides of the human soul were interpreted. The dissertation thesis systematically describes and analytically interprets Rops's life and work in historical, social and cultural context. The first part of the dissertation thesis discusses the early phase of Rops's life, mentions his childhood, schooling and the beginnings of artwork from his time in Brussels until his arrival in Paris. Here I focus mainly on Rops's activities in art circles, his attempts at raising the status of Belgian art within the wider European movement and his activity related to founding satirical periodicals. This phase of Rops's life was defined by his political and social caricaturist work, and was heavily influenced by Flemish tradition and French modern art. I cannot omit Rops's landscape-painting and following the tradition of Flemish and Dutch painting. Special attention is paid to Rops's relation to travelling, sports and...

The image of Saint Petersburg has influenced the imagination of Russian writers since the establishment of this city in 1703. Today, it is common to speak about the Petersburg Text in Russian literature that has its own mythology, imagery, and stylistics. However, the research in this sphere is predominately concentrated on works written before the second half of the 20th century. This thesis addresses the revival of the Petersburg mythology in the 1990s in works by such authors as Mikhail Veller, Andrei Konstantinov, and Marusia Klimova. It illustrates how the reinvention of traditional Petersburg themes contributed to the representation of the "wild 1990s" reality. It also examines the influence of mass media and popular culture on the development of Petersburg narration in terms of genre, style, and the creation of an author's public persona. The cultural significance of the cityscape in these works is of particular interest.

Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo, em perspectiva comparada, analisar o encontro de duas artes: a literatura e a pintura, observado na obra O Barão de Lavos (1891), de Abel Botelho. O romance naturalista, com traços decadentistas, do escritor Abel Botelho que abre a série intiulada Patologia Social (1891) nos mostra, como diz José Carlos Seabra Pereira, um tempo em se convegiam o romantismo,o realismo e pretensões de modernidade baudealiriana (mais ou menos satanistas) (PEREIRA, 1995) e onde as diversas categorias das artes se encontram e se conjugam. Nesse cenário caótico, mas profícuo, temos este romance que estabelece a arte plástica como ponto focal dentro do texto. Analisa, sobretudo, o processo da escrita onde foi possível constatar a deformação do belo em grotesco ao longo do romance. Investiga a questão imagética encontrada no texto botelhiano, caracterizada através da gravura Rapto de Ganimedes; litografia de grande simbologia dentro dessa obra literária, pois representa o ideal estético idealizado pelo próprio Barão, e tudo de significativo que compõe a trajetória e as emoções de D. Sebastião ao longo de sua vida, portanto permeando e atravessando toda narrativa / The objective of the research presented is analysing in a compared perspective basis the combination of two types of art: literature and painting, observed in the book "The Baron of Lavos" (1891) by Abel Botelho. The naturalist romance, with decadent traces, of the writer Abel Botelho launches the series entitled Social Patology (1891) showing, as said by José Carlos Pereira (Pereira, 1995), "a time when the romantism, realism and baudealirian modern purpose (a bit satanic) would converge". The various range of art categories are joined as well. In the caotic but fruitful scenary a romance in which plastic art is the focus of the text is set. It is mainly analysed, as the romance unfolds, the writing process where it was possible to observe the deformation of beautiful in to grotesque. The image issue caractherized by the litograph Kdinapping of Ganimedes is investigated. The cited litograph plays an important role in this literary work as it represents not only the esthetic ideal idealized by the Baron himself but also the very meaning of the trajectory and emotions of D. Sebastian during his life

Esta dissertação, inserida na linha de pesquisa de Política e Cultura, trata da visão crítica de Eça de Queiroz sobre a Igreja Católica, sobre o catolicismo popular e a relação Igreja-Estado em Portugal do século XIX. O trabalho aprofunda as idéias do autor estabelecidas no momento histórico do chamado movimento da Regeneração, na segunda metade do século, marcado por propostas de denúncias da decadência da sociedade e de mudanças e reformas modernizantes nas estruturas econômicas, sociais, políticas educacionais e culturais do país. Analisa questões relevantes ligadas à política da época como o liberalismo monárquico, a política do estado constitucional português, a política ultramontana do Vaticano e seus desdobramentos em Portugal, além do catolicismo institucionalizado nas práticas políticas e culturais. A partir de fontes primárias como os trabalhos jornalísticos do autor, publicados no Brasil e em Portugal, assim como cartas para seus amigos intelectuais da chamada Geração 70, aborda questões como o anticlericalismo, antijesuitismo, Padroado, regalismo e o projeto cultural português de secularização. Observando o extremo espírito perspicaz e sarcástico do autor, o trabalho conclui por entender o escritor como forte defensor de reformas nas práticas, discursos e preocupações da Igreja Católica de seu tempo, assim como voz exigente e consonante a outros intelectuais da época em prol de novo comprometimento e atuação dessa mesma Igreja. Por fim, estabelece o autor como um expoente entre a intelectualidade por ser protagonista de um movimento de renovação política e cultural, como catalisador da opinião pública de seu tempo, e acima de tudo, autor de uma obra de relevância literária e jornalística, capaz de impor-se como efetiva proposta inovadora para a modernidade portuguesa da época. / This dissertation, insert on the research segment of Politics and Culture, talks about Eça de Queirozs critical vision about the Catholic Church, the popular catholicism and the Church-State relations in Portugal on the XIX century. The work deepens authors ideas determined in the historical moment named the movement of Regeneration, on the second half of that century, marked by propositions of denunciation concerning to societys decadence, the changes and modernizing reforms in the economic, social, political, educational and cultural structures of Portugal. It also analyses relevant issues relates to politics as the monarchical liberalism, the policy of the portuguese constitucional government, the policy taken by the ultramontanist Vatican and its developments in Portugal, beyond the catholicism established on cultural and political practices. From the use of original sources as journalisticals works wrotten by Eça, published in Brazil and in Portugal, and also examing his letters to his intellectual friends from the 70s Generation , the dissertation argues questions like anticlericalism, antijesuitism, portuguese padroado, regalism and the portuguese cultural project in order to convert Portugal in a secular state government. Observing the extraordinary, acute and sarcastic Eças intelligence, this work conclude for understanding the writer as a great protector of changes in the clerical customs, speechs and concerns of the Catholic Church at that time and also as an exacting voice connected with others intellectuals to the advance of a new performance and engagement of the Catholic Church. At last, this work determines the portuguese author as an great expert among the portuguese intellectuals because he was one of the fundamental protagonists in the cultural and political renovation movement of Portugal influencing its public opinion. He was, as well, a writer of an important and decisive literary and journalist work and, mainly, he was able to impose himself as a real promoter of the modernity in Portugal.

In the 1860s, the Italian Scapigliati (literally ‘the dishevelled ones’) promoted a systematic refusal of traditional literary and artistic values, coupled with a nonconformist and rebellious lifestyle. The Scapigliatura movement is still understudied, particularly outside Italy, but it plays a pivotal role in the transition from Italian Romanticism to Decadentism. One of the authors most frequently associated with Scapigliatura in terms of literary influence as well as eccentric Bohemianism is the French poet Charles Baudelaire, certainly amongst the most innovative and pioneering figures of nineteenth-century European poetry. Studies on the relationship between Baudelaire and Scapigliatura have commonly taken into account only the most explicit and superficial Baudelairian aspects of Scapigliatura’s poetry, such as the notion of aesthetic revolt against a conventional idea of beauty, which led the Scapigliati to introduce into their poetry morally shocking and unconventional subjects. Furthermore, these studies have not focused on drawing a detailed and systematic picture that portrays the connections not only between Baudelaire and the poets of Scapigliatura, but also among the Scapigliati themselves. As a result, the true extent of Baudelaire’s influence has not been acknowledged. This study strives to fill the gaps in the existing scholarship. My thesis posits that Baudelaire’s influence on the poetry of Scapigliatura, almost exclusively related to the first two editions of the verse collection Les Fleurs du Mal, is more profound and substantial than scholarship has heretofore recognised. The thesis consists of three chapters, each dedicated to one of the three most important poets of Scapigliatura, namely Arrigo Boito, Emilio Praga, and Giovanni Camerana. The investigation of Baudelaire’s influence on the Scapigliati is conducted both individually, searching for Baudelairian features in their work, and comparatively, contrasting differences and aiming to locate similarities. The main focus is on the major poetic works that are strictly related to the phases in these poets’ careers when they were associated with Scapigliatura: Boito’s Il libro dei versi and Re Orso; Praga’s Tavolozza and Penombre; and Camerana’s poems written between 1863 and 1869. My aim is to establish if there was what can be called a ‘Baudelairian school’ within Scapigliatura. Ultimately, I argue that the relationship between Baudelaire and the poetry of Scapigliatura is more complex than has previously been understood. I demonstrate a vast and wide-ranging influence – on a conceptual, lexical, and stylistic level – on the three poets discussed in this work, which can be traced back to the very beginning of their careers in the early 1860s. Far from being simply an element of aesthetic and moral rebellion in order to épater le bourgeois, the Baudelairism of Boito, Praga, and Camerana in their Scapigliatura years accomplished two ends: on the one hand, it preserved some of the more traditional aspects of Baudelaire’s poetry, which have been largely overlooked by Italian literary scholarship on Scapigliatura; on the other hand, it introduced a thematic and formal modernity into Italian poetry, paving the way for the Decadent movement as well as the twentieth-century avant-gardes.

Esta dissertação, inserida na linha de pesquisa de Política e Cultura, trata da visão crítica de Eça de Queiroz sobre a Igreja Católica, sobre o catolicismo popular e a relação Igreja-Estado em Portugal do século XIX. O trabalho aprofunda as idéias do autor estabelecidas no momento histórico do chamado movimento da Regeneração, na segunda metade do século, marcado por propostas de denúncias da decadência da sociedade e de mudanças e reformas modernizantes nas estruturas econômicas, sociais, políticas educacionais e culturais do país. Analisa questões relevantes ligadas à política da época como o liberalismo monárquico, a política do estado constitucional português, a política ultramontana do Vaticano e seus desdobramentos em Portugal, além do catolicismo institucionalizado nas práticas políticas e culturais. A partir de fontes primárias como os trabalhos jornalísticos do autor, publicados no Brasil e em Portugal, assim como cartas para seus amigos intelectuais da chamada Geração 70, aborda questões como o anticlericalismo, antijesuitismo, Padroado, regalismo e o projeto cultural português de secularização. Observando o extremo espírito perspicaz e sarcástico do autor, o trabalho conclui por entender o escritor como forte defensor de reformas nas práticas, discursos e preocupações da Igreja Católica de seu tempo, assim como voz exigente e consonante a outros intelectuais da época em prol de novo comprometimento e atuação dessa mesma Igreja. Por fim, estabelece o autor como um expoente entre a intelectualidade por ser protagonista de um movimento de renovação política e cultural, como catalisador da opinião pública de seu tempo, e acima de tudo, autor de uma obra de relevância literária e jornalística, capaz de impor-se como efetiva proposta inovadora para a modernidade portuguesa da época. / This dissertation, insert on the research segment of Politics and Culture, talks about Eça de Queirozs critical vision about the Catholic Church, the popular catholicism and the Church-State relations in Portugal on the XIX century. The work deepens authors ideas determined in the historical moment named the movement of Regeneration, on the second half of that century, marked by propositions of denunciation concerning to societys decadence, the changes and modernizing reforms in the economic, social, political, educational and cultural structures of Portugal. It also analyses relevant issues relates to politics as the monarchical liberalism, the policy of the portuguese constitucional government, the policy taken by the ultramontanist Vatican and its developments in Portugal, beyond the catholicism established on cultural and political practices. From the use of original sources as journalisticals works wrotten by Eça, published in Brazil and in Portugal, and also examing his letters to his intellectual friends from the 70s Generation , the dissertation argues questions like anticlericalism, antijesuitism, portuguese padroado, regalism and the portuguese cultural project in order to convert Portugal in a secular state government. Observing the extraordinary, acute and sarcastic Eças intelligence, this work conclude for understanding the writer as a great protector of changes in the clerical customs, speechs and concerns of the Catholic Church at that time and also as an exacting voice connected with others intellectuals to the advance of a new performance and engagement of the Catholic Church. At last, this work determines the portuguese author as an great expert among the portuguese intellectuals because he was one of the fundamental protagonists in the cultural and political renovation movement of Portugal influencing its public opinion. He was, as well, a writer of an important and decisive literary and journalist work and, mainly, he was able to impose himself as a real promoter of the modernity in Portugal.

Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo, em perspectiva comparada, analisar o encontro de duas artes: a literatura e a pintura, observado na obra O Barão de Lavos (1891), de Abel Botelho. O romance naturalista, com traços decadentistas, do escritor Abel Botelho que abre a série intiulada Patologia Social (1891) nos mostra, como diz José Carlos Seabra Pereira, um tempo em se convegiam o romantismo,o realismo e pretensões de modernidade baudealiriana (mais ou menos satanistas) (PEREIRA, 1995) e onde as diversas categorias das artes se encontram e se conjugam. Nesse cenário caótico, mas profícuo, temos este romance que estabelece a arte plástica como ponto focal dentro do texto. Analisa, sobretudo, o processo da escrita onde foi possível constatar a deformação do belo em grotesco ao longo do romance. Investiga a questão imagética encontrada no texto botelhiano, caracterizada através da gravura Rapto de Ganimedes; litografia de grande simbologia dentro dessa obra literária, pois representa o ideal estético idealizado pelo próprio Barão, e tudo de significativo que compõe a trajetória e as emoções de D. Sebastião ao longo de sua vida, portanto permeando e atravessando toda narrativa / The objective of the research presented is analysing in a compared perspective basis the combination of two types of art: literature and painting, observed in the book "The Baron of Lavos" (1891) by Abel Botelho. The naturalist romance, with decadent traces, of the writer Abel Botelho launches the series entitled Social Patology (1891) showing, as said by José Carlos Pereira (Pereira, 1995), "a time when the romantism, realism and baudealirian modern purpose (a bit satanic) would converge". The various range of art categories are joined as well. In the caotic but fruitful scenary a romance in which plastic art is the focus of the text is set. It is mainly analysed, as the romance unfolds, the writing process where it was possible to observe the deformation of beautiful in to grotesque. The image issue caractherized by the litograph Kdinapping of Ganimedes is investigated. The cited litograph plays an important role in this literary work as it represents not only the esthetic ideal idealized by the Baron himself but also the very meaning of the trajectory and emotions of D. Sebastian during his life

Trata-se de um estudo a respeito de uma das obras referenciais da historiografia maranhense no século XX - a História do Maranhão de Mário Martins Meireles, - publicada pelo DASP em 1960. Empreende-se um esforço interpretativo voltado para o conhecimento da obra em seus múltiplos aspectos, privilegiando-se, desse modo, os sentidos de sua produção e suas implicações com a realidade da época, o perfil intelectual do autor que a tornou possível, bem como os conceitos e as noções temporais inscritas na narrativa. Analisam-se as possibilidades discursivas subjacentes a essa produção intelectual que reforçaram construtos míticos, utilizados como instrumentos de reafirmação elitista em meio à ameaça de desintegração identitária. Entende-se os conceitos de decadência, moralidade e ordem, cujos critérios de validade estavam voltados para a tentativa de retorno a uma passadidade arcaica, como elementos centrais da obra, desenvolvidos com a finalidade de fixar um ponto de vista tradicional e regionalista da história, tendo em vista a invenção de um espaço de excelência intelectual e material num contexto histórico vivenciado sob os signos da escassez e das carências. / This study deals with one of the key reference works in the historiography of Maranhão in the twentieth century the História do Maranhão by Mário Martins Meireles published by DASP in 1960. It utilizes an interpretive approach centered on knowing the work in its multiple aspects, privileging, in this way, the meanings of its production and its implications in the reality of the epoch, the intellectual profile of the author which made it possible, as well as the concepts and temporal notions inscribed in the narrative. The study analyzes the discursive possibilities underlying this intellectual production which reinforce mythic constructions, used as instruments of an elite reaffirmation in the midst of the threat of the disintegration of identity. Central elements in the work of Meireles include the concepts of decadence, morality and order, whose criteria of validity are based on the attempt to return to an archaic past. These are developed with the intention to establish a traditional and regionalist interpretation of history with a view to invent a space of intellectual and material excellence in a historical context characterized by scarcity and need.