BODY AND SUBJECTIVITY READING OF LITERATURE

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Abstract

The different approaches to literary reading stem from the diversity of studies that, over decades, have established various types of readings and readers. This is due to the fact that literary works are an inexhaustible source of possibilities for constructing meanings and discourses capable of resignifying the world and the subjects within it. Discussing the subject-being also involves addressing the body and the subjectivities that constitute it, as well as the discourses that shape a corporeality for this thinking subject. Therefore, based on the reflections of Antoine Compagnon (2010) and Paul Zumthor (2018), this brief essay proposes to think about the importance of subjectivity and its presence in the relationship between the body and the reading of fiction.

Author Biography

  • Matteus Melo, University of Porto

    PhD student in Literary, Cultural and Interartistic Studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, Portugal (U.PORTO). Master of Arts, in the area of ​​Performing Arts, from the Institute of Arts of the State University of Campinas, Brazil (UNICAMP). He worked as an interim professor in Literature subjects, and in the Supervised Internship in Literature subject, at the State University of Mato Grosso, Brazil (UNEMAT). Email: melodramattus@gmail.com

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Published

2026-04-27

Issue

Vol. 47 (2025)

Section

Artigos Tema Livre

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