Orientador: Benedito Antunes / Banca: Arnaldo Franco Junior / Banca: Gilberto Figueiredo Martins / Resumo: Nossa pesquisa de Mestrado tem em seu horizonte analítico investigar uma possível "visão de mundo arruinada" na obra de Caio Fernando Abreu (1948-1996). Para fundamentarmos a investigação, tomamos como foco da análise o romance Onde andará Dulce Veiga? (1990), com base nos escritos de Walter Benjamin e Antônio Candido. A ruína é entendida como o fragmento de algo que já fora maior, ao passo que o arruinamento é o processo em que ocorre a expansão dos elementos arruinadores. A "visão de mundo arruinada" mediaria os termos de uma equação em que há a representação da ruína e do processo de arruinamento, tanto na esfera temática quanto estrutural. Desta forma, se busca compreender como a "visão de mundo arruinada" perpassa algumas das escolhas textuais como o uso de uma linguagem fragmentada que, além de estabelecer um diálogo intertextual com a cultura de massas, remete à concepção de alegoria / Abstract: Our Masters research has in its analytic horizon to investigate a possible "worldview ruined" in the work of Caio Fernando Abreu (1948-1996). To effectively research, we focus on analyzing the novel Whatever happened to Dulce Veiga? (1990), based on the writings of Walter Benjamin and Antonio Candido. The ruin is understood as the fragment of something that had already been increased, while ruining is the process in which occurs the expansion of book burners elements. The "worldview ruined" could mediate terms of an equation in which there is the representation of ruin and the process of ruining both the thematic and structural spheres. This way, if tries to understand how the "worldview ruined" pervades some of the textual choices such as using a fragmented language that, in addition to establishing an intertextual dialogue with mass culture, refers to the concept of allegory / Mestre

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This dissertation consists of a novel, The Buddha on Page 13 and a dissertation of limited extent, "Buddhist symbolism and metaphoric, and the perception of sin, guilt and punishment in The Buddha on Page 13." In the dissertation of limited extent the role that guilt plays in the motivation of an individual's actions is investigated. The Christian and Buddhist views of sin are compared, and the conclusion is made that neither Christianity nor Buddhism can explain why mankind experiences the feeling of guilt. The central character, Toit Brink, finally accepts this "so-ness" of things: "thathatha". The dissertation explains how the style of the text wishes to be neutral, and how this neutrality is harnessed for Buddhist reasons. The Buddhist element in the novel's symbolism and metaphoric is illuminated, as well as the apparent contradiction of some of the metaphors. / Afrikaans & Theory of Literature / M.A. (Afrikaans)