BIBLICAL FRAME OF DOM CASMURRO, BY MACHADO DE ASSIS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.929222218033

• Palavras-chave: Machado de Assis; Dom Casmurro; Bible

• Keywords: Machado de Assis; Dom Casmurro; Bible

• Abstract:

  This proposal seeks to identify biblical motivations in the composition of Dom Casmurro, a novel that promotes doubt, disquiet, and the relativization of truth. The critical reception of the work for a long time was concerned - and still is - of the lack of definition about the betrayal and silence about the biblical writings. And that is what this work is concerned with, from the verification of the role of biblical intertextuality in the novel, in particular, considering that Machado de Assis uses it generously in his work. The work has an exploratory nature in terms of objectives and will use bibliographic research to collect data and information on the critical fortune accumulated about the Brazilian author. Results indicate that the Bible, present more as a literary than a religious source, is indispensable for the understanding of Machado's writings in general and the novel in particular, serving to relativize the truth on which the Christian tradition is based.

• Número de páginas: 15