Identity and experience in Pelo fundo da agulha, by Antônio Torres

Authors

  • Maurício Silva Universidade Nove de Julho

Keywords:

Contemporary Brazilian novel, Antonio Torres, Identity, City versus countryside

Abstract

This article examines the issue of identity in the Antônio Torres novel Pelo fundo da agulha (2006), that witness the displacement of the ontological essence of the peasant to the condition of the urban man, displaced from its native environment and its existential condition. The article points out the hypothesis of occurrence of the loss of identity.

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Author Biography

Maurício Silva, Universidade Nove de Julho

Doutor em Letras Clássicas e Vernáculas pela Universidade de São Paulo; professor do Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Educação na Universidade Nove de Julho.

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Published

2013-06-30

How to Cite

Silva, M. (2013). Identity and experience in Pelo fundo da agulha, by Antônio Torres. FronteiraZ. Journal of the Postgraduate Studies in Literature and Literary Criticism Program, (10), 248–258. Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/fronteiraz/article/view/14700

Issue

No. 10 (2013)

Section

Literary Essays