Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:58:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Itamar Aparecido de Oliveira.pdf: 1260859 bytes, checksum: 79681b27fbd6a7c2e3d27a539b7cfc3a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In this work we analyse William Faulkner's novel The sound and the fury with the objective of meditating on the mythical structure which performs and holds a constant change of meaning of the story and the permanent dissolution found in all the narrative layers. To do that, we survey the main myths and archetypes that appear in the work and that are inverted or altered by the author with the intention of founding the creation of a modern narrative, specially in formal construction. Our main problem was the way to approach the novel, in which it is noticeable the use of an anti-Cartesian logic in the disposition of the elements: narrators, characters, time, space, archetypes, atmosphere. They seem to be subverted by a system organized through logic of bricolage, which leads us to ask: is that logic the organizational system of The sound and the fury? We made a dialogue with the studies on myth and literature (Dumézil, Meletínski, Frye), the conceptualizations of myth (Eliade, Vernant, Cassirer) and the relations between myth and bricolage (Lévi-Strauss), so as to understand better the technical and stylistic features present in the novel and how they appear as products of the logic of bricolage, encouraging the revitalization of certain myths and specifically the plantation myth, which legitimated the agrarian system of the South of the US. From our analysis we verify that the plenitude of the social dissolution of the South present in Faulkner's intrigue is only revealed when we observe the form and content of the mythical narrative which constitutes the novel / Neste trabalho analisamos o romance O som e a fúria, de William Faulkner, objetivando refletir sobre a estrutura mítica que sustenta e promove constante ressignificação da obra e a permanente dissolução encontrada em todos os estratos da narrativa. Para isso, sondamos os principais mitos e arquétipos que ecoam na obra e que são invertidos ou alterados pelo autor com o intuito de alicerçar a criação de uma narrativa moderna, em especial no que concerne à construção da forma. Nosso problema residiu na maneira pela qual abordar esse romance, no qual percebemos a utilização de certa lógica anticartesiana na disposição dos elementos constitutivos narradores, personagens, tempo, espaço, cronotopos, arquétipos, ambientação , que aparentam se encontrar subvertidos por sistema organizacional estruturado numa espécie de lógica da bricolagem, o que nos instigou à seguinte indagação: essa lógica consiste no motor organizacional de O som e a fúria? Dialogamos com os estudos acerca de mito e literatura (Dumézil, Meletínski, Frye), as conceituações sobre mito (Eliade, Vernant, Cassirer) e a relação entre mito e bricolagem (Lévi-Strauss), a fim de compreendermos quais os recursos técnicos e estilísticos presentes na obra e como estes se mostram produtos da lógica da bricolagem, promovendo a reatualização de certos mitos e, especificamente, do mito da plantação que legitimava o sistema agrário instaurado no Sul dos Estados Unidos. A partir de nossas observações, ressaltamos que a plenitude da dissolução social sulista presente na intriga faulkneriana somente se revela quando observados forma e conteúdo da narrativa mítica à qual constitui o romance

“The Wanderings of Oisin” was published in 1889 and is one of W.B Yeats’ earliest poems and is the main focus for this essay. The poem depicts the duality of Irish identity and the transition from one system of belief to another. This essay will demonstrate that W.B Yeats uses Celtic and Catholic mythology in “The Wanderings of Oisin” in order to reflect his contemporary Ireland. The essay begins with a deifintion and a discussion about the words 'myth' and 'mythical method'. The second part of the essay describes the depiction of Celtic and Catholic mythology in “The Wanderings of Oisin” and the connection to late nineteenth century Ireland. The first section presents information on Irish nineteenth-century history and the second section focuses on five parallels to Yeats' contemporary society: The vitality of Celtic mythological beings, the depiction of Oisin as mediator, the sense of loss regarding Irish culture, the juxtaposition of Celtic and Catholic and the ambivalence that follows in a society where two conflicting mythologies coexist and compete. The main body of arguments discusses these parallels between Yeats’ portrayal of Celtic mythology and nineteenth century Ireland and shows that "The Wanderings of Oisin" reflects Yeats' contemporary Irish society.