THE HUMANIZATION OF THE HERO IN “OS LUSÍADAS”, BY LUÍS DE CAMÕES, AND “A SOLIDÃO DO GOLEIRO”, BY FLÁVIO MOREIRA DA COSTA

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This article aims to study the epic Os lusíadas, by Luís de Camões, focusing on the episode of “Velho do Restelo”, and the short story “A solidão do goleiro”, by Flávio Moreira da Costa, attempting to verify whether and how the protagonists of these works have their human aspects highlighted in comparison to their mythical traits. On the one hand, such characters are in fact humanized, or demythified, which is made through diverse literary strategies that call into question the heroic condition that they want to reach, thus linking them to antiheroes. On the other hand, when observed within the unity of each text as well as in relation to other meaningful elements identified in them, those characters actually constitute different types of heroes–the epic, in one case, and the tragic, in the other–, which either weakens or strengthens their closeness to the regular man.

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Arthur Almeida Passos, PUC Minas

Doutorando e Mestre em Letras - Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa (PUC Minas). Especialista em Metodologia do Ensino de Língua Portuguesa e Estrangeira (Uninter). Licenciado em Letras - Português/Inglês (PUC Minas). Membro dos grupos de pesquisa Filhos do Exílio (A Tradução como Interpretação da Crítica, da Teoria e da Obra Literária) e Texto Literário: Sombras da Escrita e Sua Projeção na Leitura (Fase 2). Autor de comentários sobre textos literários no blog https://www.palavraobjeto.wordpress.com. Bolsista da CAPES.

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2021-10-07

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Vol. 43 (2021)

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Artigos Tema Livre

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