ON THE WAY TO JERUSALEM? DESSACRALIZATION AND REIFICATION OF THE HOLY CITY IN ‘A BALADA DO FALSO MESSIAS’ E ‘OS VOLUNTÁRIOS’, BY MOACIR SCLIAR

Authors

  • Leopoldo Oliveira UFRJ

Keywords:

Jerusalem, reification, dessacralization, diaspora.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to raise a comparative analysis of the fictional treatment given to the city of Jerusalem in two fictional works by Moacyr Scliar; the short story “A Balada do Falso Messias” and the novel Os Voluntários. In these works one can perceive that, following a tendency of the Jewish literature worldwide, there is a dessacralization and reification of the Holly City, fact that points to the legitimacy given to the diaspora life.

Author Biography

Leopoldo Oliveira, UFRJ

Professor adjunto de Língua e Literatura Hebraicas da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) e docente do Programa de pós-graduação em História Comparada da mesma Universidade. Suas linhas de pesquisa compreendem Literatura Israelense Contemporânea, Literatura Judaica Brasileira e História do Sionismo. É autor de O Sr. Máni, de A. B. Yehoshua – considerações sobre a identidade judaico-israelense, São Paulo: Humanitas, 2004.

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Published

2012-12-19

How to Cite

Oliveira, L. (2012). ON THE WAY TO JERUSALEM? DESSACRALIZATION AND REIFICATION OF THE HOLY CITY IN ‘A BALADA DO FALSO MESSIAS’ E ‘OS VOLUNTÁRIOS’, BY MOACIR SCLIAR. MATRAGA - Journal Published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio De Janeiro State University (UERJ), 19(31). Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/22604

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 31 (2012): Literature and History

Section

Literature Papers

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