Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves: [62]-65)

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Submitted by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2017-06-21T20:20:10Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_Ana_Paula_Giehl_de_Oliveira.pdf: 2457549 bytes, checksum: 3e4d28d59318b73642f8fd1c2e9e269c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2017-06-21T21:04:32Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_Ana_Paula_Giehl_de_Oliveira.pdf: 2457549 bytes, checksum: 3e4d28d59318b73642f8fd1c2e9e269c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-21T21:04:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_Ana_Paula_Giehl_de_Oliveira.pdf: 2457549 bytes, checksum: 3e4d28d59318b73642f8fd1c2e9e269c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-03 / Sem bolsa / A presente pesquisa resulta da comparação entre as obras Cemitério dos Vivos e Diário do Hospício, de Lima Barreto, e Um Estranho no Ninho, de Ken Kesey. Verifica-se de que forma são representados a loucura, os alienados e as instituições manicomiais nestes textos literários. Trata-se, aqui, da investigação referente ao modo como é narrada a experiência vivida pelos autores em relação ao sistema imposto pela Ciência, e isso se faz a partir da leitura de textos ficcionais e de testemunho. No decorrer dos tempos, o assunto em questão rumou em diferentes caminhos e tratar de aspectos sociais como a loucura, objeto de estudo deste trabalho, se faz necessário para o questionamento da história, do sistema e do reflexo de ambos no comportamento humano na sociedade. O estudo aqui presente demonstra de que modo a loucura serve como ponto em comum para entender as diferentes culturas dos autores escolhidos, bem como sinaliza primordialmente a modificação do homem pelo meio em que vive. Tal constatação será o fio condutor da discussão proposta, bem como a averiguação de que, apesar da ausência de um conceito concreto acerca da loucura, este assunto é de grande relevância para o entendimento do homem e seu papel e lugar social. / The following work is a result of the comparison between Lima Barreto’s Cemitério dos Vivos [Graveyard of the Living] and Diário do Hospício [Journal of the Asylum], and Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The focus is on the ways madness, the insane, and the mental institutions are represented in such books. The investigation stems from the narrative of the author’s living experiences in regard to the system imposed by science, through literary and testimonial texts. Throughout the years, the topic of madness has trailed different paths, and discussing it is necessary to question history, the system, and how both reflect upon human social behavior. This study demonstrates how madness serves as a common ground to understand different cultures and how it signals the imposition of the environment upon humans. This point is what leads this discussion, as well as the investigation around madness which, despite not having one concrete definition, is highly relevant to understand humans and their social place.

abstract: During the 1960s, American youth were coming of age in a post–war period marked by an unprecedented availability of both money and leisure time. These conditions afforded young people new opportunities for exploring fresh ways of thinking and living, beyond the traditional norms of their parents' generation. Tom Wolfe recognized that a revolution was taking place, in terms of manners and morals, spearheaded by this latest generation. He built a career for himself reporting on the diverse groups that were developing on the periphery of the mainstream society and the various ways they were creating social spaces, what he termed “statuspheres,” for themselves, in which to live by their own terms. Using the techniques of the New Journalism—“immersion” reporting that incorporated literary devices traditionally reserved for writers of fiction—Wolfe crafted creative non–fiction pieces that attempted not only to offer a glimpse into the lives of these fringe groups, but also to place the reader within their subjective experiences. This thesis positions Wolfe as a sort of liminal trickster figure, who is able to bridge the gap between disparate worlds, both physical and figurative. Analyzing several of Wolfe's works from the time period, it works to demonstrate the almost magical way in which Wolfe infiltrates various radical, counterculture and otherwise “fringe” groups, while borrowing freely from elements across lines of literary genre, in order to make his subjects' experiences come alive on the page. This work attempts to shed light on his special ability to occupy multiple spaces and perspectives simultaneously, to offer the reader a multidimensional look into the lives of cultural outsiders and the impact that they had and continue to have on the overarching discussion of the American Experience. Ultimately, this paper argues that by exposing these various outlying facets of American culture to the mainstream readership, Wolfe acts as a catalyst to reincorporate these fringe elements within the larger conversation of what it means to be American, thereby spurring a greater cultural awareness and an expansion of the collective American consciousness. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. English 2014