Among useful novelties and graceful old things: how literary work relates dialectically to history
This text seeks to analyze the Brazilian novel Quarup, written by Antonio Callado in 1967 and, more specifically, Farmácia Castanho and the character Ramiro Castanho, extremely significant elements of this work and that appear in the second and third chapters. We will try to relate them to the conce...
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I28-R145-9738_oai2025-11-17 Basso Motta, Maíra 2020-11-30 This text seeks to analyze the Brazilian novel Quarup, written by Antonio Callado in 1967 and, more specifically, Farmácia Castanho and the character Ramiro Castanho, extremely significant elements of this work and that appear in the second and third chapters. We will try to relate them to the concept of conservative modernity, or reflex modernity, expressions defended by Darcy Ribeiro, Renato Ortiz, Antonio Candido, Roberto Schwarz, among other authors that will be contemplated here. This work was written in a troubled time in Brazil. In the country, military dictatorship already in place, prisons, censorship and social control were real issues, marked an extremely authoritarian and violent political regime that lasted approximately 20 years. After reading Quarup we have another dimension about the country, we are able to perceive the contradictions inherent to modernity and we understand why Brazil does not, in fact, walk towards effective progress. By overcoming the documentary character and being carried out in an aesthetic way, Quarup captures the logic of functioning of a society governed by the dialectic between modernization and backwardness. We argue that Quarup captures these contradictions of this country that keeps its roots stuck to the past while trying to progress and, being stuck in the past, it advances little and slowly, that is, it keeps old things, but adorns them with apparently useful news. Este texto procura analisar o romance brasileiro Quarup, escrito por Antonio Callado e publicado em 1967, a partir da análise da ambiência da Farmácia Castanho e do personagem Ramiro Castanho, elementos extremamente significativos dessa obra e que aparecem no segundo e terceiro capítulos. Tentar-se-á relacioná-los ao conceito de modernidade conservadora, ou modernidade reflexa, expressões defendidas por Darcy Ribeiro, Renato Ortiz, Antonio Candido, Roberto Schwarz, entre outros autores que serão contemplados aqui. Esta obra foi escrita em um momento conturbado do Brasil. No país, ditadura militar já instaurada, prisões, censura e o controle social eram temas reais, marcavam um regime político extremamente autoritário e violento que durou aproximadamente 20 anos. Após ler Quarup temos uma outra dimensão sobre o país, temos condições de perceber as contradições inerentes à modernidade e percebemos o porquê de o Brasil não caminhar, de fato, rumo a um progresso efetivo. Ao superar o caráter documental e se realizar de forma estética, Quarup capta a lógica de funcionamento de uma sociedade regida pela dialética entre modernização e atraso. Defendemos que Quarup capta essas contradições desse país que avança pouco e lentamente, pois, ao mesmo tempo em que tenta progredir, mantém suas raízes presas ao passado, isto é, mantém velharias, mas as ornamenta com novidades aparentemente úteis. application/pdf text/html https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/interlitteras/article/view/9738 10.34096/interlitteras.n2.9738 spa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/interlitteras/article/view/9738/8578 https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/interlitteras/article/view/9738/8599 Inter Litteras; Núm. 2 (2020); 251-270 2683-9695 0328-8935 Quarup modernização conservadora arcaico e moderno literatura e história Quarup modernity delay documentary character aesthetic shape Among useful novelties and graceful old things: how literary work relates dialectically to history Entre novidades úteis e graciosas velharias: como a obra literária se relaciona dialeticamente à história info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=interlit&d=9738_oai |
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This text seeks to analyze the Brazilian novel Quarup, written by Antonio Callado in 1967 and, more specifically, Farmácia Castanho and the character Ramiro Castanho, extremely significant elements of this work and that appear in the second and third chapters. We will try to relate them to the concept of conservative modernity, or reflex modernity, expressions defended by Darcy Ribeiro, Renato Ortiz, Antonio Candido, Roberto Schwarz, among other authors that will be contemplated here. This work was written in a troubled time in Brazil. In the country, military dictatorship already in place, prisons, censorship and social control were real issues, marked an extremely authoritarian and violent political regime that lasted approximately 20 years. After reading Quarup we have another dimension about the country, we are able to perceive the contradictions inherent to modernity and we understand why Brazil does not, in fact, walk towards effective progress. By overcoming the documentary character and being carried out in an aesthetic way, Quarup captures the logic of functioning of a society governed by the dialectic between modernization and backwardness. We argue that Quarup captures these contradictions of this country that keeps its roots stuck to the past while trying to progress and, being stuck in the past, it advances little and slowly, that is, it keeps old things, but adorns them with apparently useful news. |
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