Ripping bodies apart: sparagmos in Flávia, cabeça, tronco e membros

Authors

  • Tereza Virgínia Ribeiro Barbosa UFMG
  • Alice Carvalho Diniz Leite UFMG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7992.2016v23n1p9

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7992.2016v23n1p9

This paper presents a study on the play Flávia, cabeça, tronco e membros, written by Millôr Fernandes in 1963. his play evokes possible relations with classical studies, especially the Greek Tragedy and Shakespearean drama. Some evidence is presented that the author was inluenced by the tragic genre, part of a caption is a perfect example of the tragic genre: “tragedy or comedy in two acts”. A point which connects the play and the tragic genre is the Greek word: ?????????, sparagmos which carries a meaning related to laceration and mutilation. Among the most important themes found in Flávia, cabeça, tronco e membros: characters with transgressive qualities, the demand of destruction and the unstoppable desire to commit crimes play an important part of the analysis of the play.

Author Biographies

Tereza Virgínia Ribeiro Barbosa, UFMG

Doutorado em Linguística e Língua Portuguesa pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Brasil(1997). Professor Titular da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , Brasil. 

Alice Carvalho Diniz Leite, UFMG

Mestranda em Teoria da Literatura e Literatura Comparada no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Literários - Pós-Lit/UFMG. Bolsista da Capes. Graduada em Letras Português (Licenciada) da Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

Published

2016-12-22

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