Dom Casmurro: o claro enigma

Italo Moriconi

Dom Casmurro: a clear enigma

Authors

Italo Moriconi UERJ-CNPq

Keywords:

Machado de Assis, rhetoric of the gaze, gender identity, allegory.

Abstract

This article tries to show how a rhetoric of the gaze works in the narrative of Dom Casmurro. Such a rhetoric allegorizes the gender trouble that explains Bento Santiago’s paradoxical way of telling the story of his relationship with his ex-wife Capitu.

Author Biography

Italo Moriconi, UERJ-CNPq

Professor Adjunto do Instituto de Letras da UERJ, Mestre em Letras (1980) e Doutor em Letras (1991), ambos pela PUC-RJ, com estágio de Pós-Doutorado em Comunicação na UFRJ (2001). Assumiu em 2008 a direção da Editora da UERJ, no cargo de Editor-Executivo. Organizou as antologias Os Cem Melhores Contos Brasileiros do Século (Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2000) e Os Cem Melhores Poemas Brasileiros do Século (Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2001), publicou os ensaios Como e Por Que Ler a Poesia Brasileira do Século XX (Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2002) e Ana Cristina César - O Sangue de Uma Poeta (Rio de Janeiro: Relume Dumará, 1996). Poeta, publicou, entre outros, Léu (Rio de Janeiro: Taurus Timbre, 1988) e História do Peixe (Rio de Janeiro: 7Letras, 2001).

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Published

2008-12-30

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Moriconi, I. (2008). Dom Casmurro: a clear enigma. MATRAGA - Journal Published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio De Janeiro State University (UERJ), 15(23). Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/27887

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Vol. 15 No. 23 (2008): Machado de Assis and Eça de Queirós

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Literature Papers

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