Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaThe social pact in Grande sertão: veredas: the ethic of provisory
An important subject of João Guimarães Rosa’s novel is the attempt toachieve a founding gesture which eradicates the conflicts of the backland. Through ananalysis of the undertaking of Faust, which from Adam until Goethe’s hero presentsa positive character, presuming a whole subject, endowed of will...
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| description | An important subject of João Guimarães Rosa’s novel is the attempt toachieve a founding gesture which eradicates the conflicts of the backland. Through ananalysis of the undertaking of Faust, which from Adam until Goethe’s hero presentsa positive character, presuming a whole subject, endowed of will and conscience, wewill propose that the main agent which moves Riobaldo towards carrying out the pactis indeterminacy. Following this perspective, we will treat the schism of Faust’s myth,from the late 19th century through the early 20th century, which replaces the conquestof a civilized and progressive project with skepticism and irony. That way, the gesturemade in the Veredas-Mortas, assuming the abolition of the jagunço barbarism, finds,after the defeat of Judas, the counterpart of the anti-militarism. Riobaldo, the old farmerthe land-owner, having as servants his long-time jagunços, lives in a tense balance,threatened each moment by a new irruption of wickedness. In fact, none of the otherjagunço chiefs, Medeiro Vaz, Joca Ramiro, Zé Bebelo, is able to support themselves onany founding principle likely to develop the objectives of the social pact. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO622732022-03-18T18:27:18Z The social pact in Grande sertão: veredas: the ethic of provisory O pacto social em Grande sertão: veredas: a ética do provisório Almeida, Leonardo Vieira de Guimarães Rosa Social pact Hermeneutics Semiotics Myth of Faust Guimarães Rosa Pacto social Hermenêutica Semiótica Mito de Fausto An important subject of João Guimarães Rosa’s novel is the attempt toachieve a founding gesture which eradicates the conflicts of the backland. Through ananalysis of the undertaking of Faust, which from Adam until Goethe’s hero presentsa positive character, presuming a whole subject, endowed of will and conscience, wewill propose that the main agent which moves Riobaldo towards carrying out the pactis indeterminacy. Following this perspective, we will treat the schism of Faust’s myth,from the late 19th century through the early 20th century, which replaces the conquestof a civilized and progressive project with skepticism and irony. That way, the gesturemade in the Veredas-Mortas, assuming the abolition of the jagunço barbarism, finds,after the defeat of Judas, the counterpart of the anti-militarism. Riobaldo, the old farmerthe land-owner, having as servants his long-time jagunços, lives in a tense balance,threatened each moment by a new irruption of wickedness. In fact, none of the otherjagunço chiefs, Medeiro Vaz, Joca Ramiro, Zé Bebelo, is able to support themselves onany founding principle likely to develop the objectives of the social pact. Um tema importante do romance de João Guimarães Rosa é a tentativa de se realizar um gesto fundador que erradique os confl itos do sertão. Mediante uma análise do empreendimento fáustico que, desde Adão até o herói goetheano, apresenta um caráter positivo, pressupondo um sujeito pleno, dotado de vontade, consciência, proporemos que o fator principal que move Riobaldo na realização do pacto é o indeterminismo. Seguindo essa linha, abordaremos a cisão do mito de Fausto na passagem do século 19 para o século 20, que substitui a conquista de uma obra civilizadora e progressista pelo ceticismo e a ironia. Nesse sentido, o gesto efetuado nas Veredas-Mortas, assumindo como uma de suas vertentes a extinção da barbárie jagunça, encontra após derrota dos Judas a contraparte do anti-belicismo. O velho fazendeiro Riobaldo, senhor de terras, tendo por empregados seus antigos jagunços, vive em tenso equilíbrio, ameaçado a cada instante por uma nova irrupção da maldade. Por sinal, todos os outros chefes jagunços, Medeiro Vaz, Joca Ramiro, Zé Bebelo não conseguem se apoiar em nenhum princípio fundador que potencialize os objetivos do pacto social. 2010-04-10 2022-03-18T18:27:18Z 2022-03-18T18:27:18Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/itinerarios/article/view/2356 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/62273 por https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/itinerarios/article/view/2356/1885 Copyright (c) 2008 ITINERÁRIOS – Revista de Literatura application/pdf ITINERÁRIOS – Revue de Littérature ITINERÁRIOS – Revista de Literatura ITINERÁRIOS – Revue de Littérature; n.25, 2007 ITINERÁRIOS – Revista de Literatura; n.25, 2007 0103-815X |
| spellingShingle | Guimarães Rosa Social pact Hermeneutics Semiotics Myth of Faust Guimarães Rosa Pacto social Hermenêutica Semiótica Mito de Fausto Almeida, Leonardo Vieira de The social pact in Grande sertão: veredas: the ethic of provisory |
| title | The social pact in Grande sertão: veredas: the ethic of provisory |
| title_full | The social pact in Grande sertão: veredas: the ethic of provisory |
| title_fullStr | The social pact in Grande sertão: veredas: the ethic of provisory |
| title_full_unstemmed | The social pact in Grande sertão: veredas: the ethic of provisory |
| title_short | The social pact in Grande sertão: veredas: the ethic of provisory |
| title_sort | social pact in grande sertão: veredas: the ethic of provisory |
| topic | Guimarães Rosa Social pact Hermeneutics Semiotics Myth of Faust Guimarães Rosa Pacto social Hermenêutica Semiótica Mito de Fausto |
| url | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/itinerarios/article/view/2356 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/62273 |