The Poetics of Totality: An Essay on Comicality in Castro Alves’ Romantic Drama
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Romantic drama, comicality, Castro Alves, Gonzaga ou a Revolução de MinasAbstract
This article discusses the fusion of genres within the aesthetics of the Romantic drama, analyzing the presence of comicality in the play Gonzaga ou a Revolução de Minas (1876) by Castro Alves. For that, I present key notions on the concept of dramatic art forged in Alves’ prose writings and his literary affiliation to the model of Romantic drama proposed by Victor Hugo. Finally, I analyze comic procedures in selected passages of Gonzaga ou a Revolução de Minas, considering their functionality in relation to the general dynamics of the play, applying the theoretical propositions of Vladímir Propp and Henri Bergson.
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