Dialogism and misunderstanding in Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma

Abstract

By studying the evolution of the novel, Mikhail Bakhtin examines the figures of the cheater and of the simpleton not as something tight, but as a force that allows the introduction and the dialogue of a plurality of discourses and social languages in the novel. Based on this concept, an analysis of simpleness and misunderstanding in Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma is made, seeking to observe the social voices that dialogue in this novel by Lima Barreto.