Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2010 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Agibert, Cibele Pereira |
| Orientador(a): |
Martins, Lilian Al-Chueyr Pereira |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História da Ciência
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| Departamento: |
História da Ciência
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| País: |
BR
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Palavras-chave em Inglês: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/13236
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Resumo: |
The subject of this dissertation is the novel O cortiço (The slum) written by the Brazilian author Aluísio Azevedo (1857-1913), published in 1890. Besides dealing with literary features, this study also deals with some features related to the science of the 19th century in Brazil and how they are portrayed. This dissertation contains an introduction and three chapters. Chapter 1 presents the author Aluísio de Azevedo and the characters of the novel O cortiço. Chapter 2 discusses about some scientific, social, historical and literary features related to this novel. Chapter 3 provides some final remarks on the subject. As concerning literature, the novel O cortiço (The slum) displays some characteristics which belong to Realism such as observation and data collection in its composition. On the other hand, displays several characteristics which belong to Naturalism such as dealing with physiological conditions, and determinism. It portrays part of the social situation as well as the urbanization conditions of Rio de Janeiro city in the end of 19th century. The bad conditions in the slums enabled the spread of diseases such as yellow fever, for instance. Besides that, it also deals with the influence of such environment on their inhabitant‟s behavior |
