The Male Nurse and the Law of Windows Equivalence

Authors

  • Ruth Silviano Brandão Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.20.3.59-66

Keywords:

sickness, crime, justice, doubt

Abstract

The short story “O enfermeiro”, by Machado de Assis, dramatizes the difficulties of taking care of a cranky patient and of judging whether his death was a crime committed by the person in charge of his health.

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ASSIS, Machado de. Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas. In: ______. Obra completa. Rio de Janeiro: Aguilar, 1962. v. II.

ASSIS, Machado de. Várias histórias. In: ____. Obra completa. Rio de janeiro: Aguilar, 1971. v. I.

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FREUD, Sigmund. Criminosos em conseqüência de um sentimento de culpa. In: ______. A história do movimento psicanalítico. Artigos sobre metapsicologia e outros trabalhos. Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1974. p. 375-377. (Edição Standard Brasileira das Obras Psicológicas Completas de Sigmund Freud, XIV).

NETTO, Geraldino Alves Ferreira. Sentimento de culpa e religião. In: SILVA, Antonio Franco Ribeiro da (Org.). Culpa. Aspectos psicanalíticos, culturais & religiosos. São Paulo: Iluminuras, 1998. p. 71-81.

SANTIAGO, Silviano. Retórica da verossimilhança. In: ______. Uma literatura nos trópicos. Ensaios sobre dependência cultural. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 1978. p. 29-48.

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Published

2010-12-31

How to Cite

Brandão, R. S. (2010). The Male Nurse and the Law of Windows Equivalence. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 20(3), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.20.3.59-66

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (2010): Crimes Literários

Section

Dossiê - Crimes Literários

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