“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio
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Resumo: | The present paper aims at analyzing the representations of the smallpox epidemics which plagued the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1908, leaving a final balance of over 6,400 deaths, in the short story “A peste”, by João do Rio. Exemplary of what Paes (1985) categorizes as grimace-literature of the art nouveau aesthetics, the short story originally published in Gazeta de Notícias and later collected in the volume Dentro da noite (1910), has as its main narrator the snob Luciano Torres, who reports the tragic outcome of his beloved Francisco´s contamination by the smallpox to an unnamed interlocutor. Starting from the premise that João do Rio observes the condition of epidemiological breakthrough (McNEILL, 1998) in his own time, the real pestilence is transfigured into a meaningful literary motif, inasmuch as, by means of the representations of the pest presented in the story, the writer articulates the disease and its processes – dissemination, contagion, isolation, deformity, death – with a critical view of the city, reaching beyond the euphoric perspective of the belle époque modernization; a dysphoric view (GOMES, 1994) which perceives its evils under the veil of the ideology of progress. In this sense, “A peste” reveals the paralyzing condition of a flâneur facing the empty city (MARTINS, 2021), contaminated by the “bladder disease”: a Saint Sebastian mortal wound, ruled by the Obaluaiê haunting sign and analogous to the catastrophic experience of the battlefield. |
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“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio“Nunca S. Sebastião esteve assim”: As representações de uma epidemia de varíola no conto “A peste” (1910), de João do RioJoão do Rio“A peste”Dentro da noitevaríolaRio de Janeiro da belle époqueJoão do Rio“A peste”Dentro da noitesmallpoxbelle époque Rio de JaneiroThe present paper aims at analyzing the representations of the smallpox epidemics which plagued the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1908, leaving a final balance of over 6,400 deaths, in the short story “A peste”, by João do Rio. Exemplary of what Paes (1985) categorizes as grimace-literature of the art nouveau aesthetics, the short story originally published in Gazeta de Notícias and later collected in the volume Dentro da noite (1910), has as its main narrator the snob Luciano Torres, who reports the tragic outcome of his beloved Francisco´s contamination by the smallpox to an unnamed interlocutor. Starting from the premise that João do Rio observes the condition of epidemiological breakthrough (McNEILL, 1998) in his own time, the real pestilence is transfigured into a meaningful literary motif, inasmuch as, by means of the representations of the pest presented in the story, the writer articulates the disease and its processes – dissemination, contagion, isolation, deformity, death – with a critical view of the city, reaching beyond the euphoric perspective of the belle époque modernization; a dysphoric view (GOMES, 1994) which perceives its evils under the veil of the ideology of progress. In this sense, “A peste” reveals the paralyzing condition of a flâneur facing the empty city (MARTINS, 2021), contaminated by the “bladder disease”: a Saint Sebastian mortal wound, ruled by the Obaluaiê haunting sign and analogous to the catastrophic experience of the battlefield.O presente artigo tem como objeto a análise das representações da epidemia de varíola que assolou a cidade do Rio de Janeiro em 1908, deixando um saldo de mais de 6.400 mortos, no conto “A peste”, de João do Rio. Exemplo do que Paes (1985) classifica como literatura-esgar de estética art nouveau, o conto publicado originalmente na Gazeta de Notícias e em seguida reunido na coletânea Dentro da noite (1910), tem como narrador principal o esnobe Luciano Torres, o qual relata, a um interlocutor inomeado, o trágico desenrolar da contaminação de seu amado Francisco Nogueira pela varíola. Partindo da premissa de que João do Rio observa o caráter de ruptura epidemiológica (McNEILL, 1998) em seu próprio tempo, a pestilência real transfigura-se em motivo literário significativo, pois, através das representações da peste presentes no conto, o escritor articula a doença e seus processos – difusão, contágio, isolamento, desfiguração, morte – a uma mirada crítica sobre a cidade, para além da perspectiva eufórica da modernização da belle époque; uma visão disfórica (GOMES, 1994), que lê, sob o véu do ideário do progresso, suas mazelas. Nesse sentido, “A peste” revela a condição paralisante de um flâneur diante da cidade vazia (MARTINS, 2021), contaminada pelo “mal das bexigas”: a São Sebastião ferida de morte, regida pelo signo assombroso de Obaluaiê e análoga à experiência catastrófica do campo de batalha.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2023-01-16info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/navegacoes/article/view/4368910.15448/1983-4276.2023.1.43689Navegações; Vol. 16 No. 1 (2023): Single Volume - Publication in Continuous Flow; e43689Navegações; v. 16 n. 1 (2023): Volume Único - Publicação em Fluxo Contínuo; e436891983-42761982-852710.15448/10.15448/1983-4276.2023.1reponame:Navegações (Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/navegacoes/article/view/43689/27921Copyright (c) 2023 Navegaçõeshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMartins, Ana Claudia AymoréRodrigues, Antonio Edmilson MartinsFreitas, José Marcos Paula Pessoa2023-01-16T19:54:35Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/43689Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/navegacoesPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/navegacoes/oai||revistanavegacoes@pucrs.br1983-42761982-8527opendoar:2023-01-16T19:54:35Navegações (Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false |
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“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio “Nunca S. Sebastião esteve assim”: As representações de uma epidemia de varíola no conto “A peste” (1910), de João do Rio |
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“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio |
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“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio Martins, Ana Claudia Aymoré João do Rio “A peste” Dentro da noite varíola Rio de Janeiro da belle époque João do Rio “A peste” Dentro da noite smallpox belle époque Rio de Janeiro |
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“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio |
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“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio |
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“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio |
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“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio |
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“S. Sebastião has never been like this”: Representations of a smallpox epidemics in the short story “A peste” (1910), by João do Rio |
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Martins, Ana Claudia Aymoré |
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Martins, Ana Claudia Aymoré Rodrigues, Antonio Edmilson Martins Freitas, José Marcos Paula Pessoa |
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Rodrigues, Antonio Edmilson Martins Freitas, José Marcos Paula Pessoa |
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Martins, Ana Claudia Aymoré Rodrigues, Antonio Edmilson Martins Freitas, José Marcos Paula Pessoa |
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João do Rio “A peste” Dentro da noite varíola Rio de Janeiro da belle époque João do Rio “A peste” Dentro da noite smallpox belle époque Rio de Janeiro |
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João do Rio “A peste” Dentro da noite varíola Rio de Janeiro da belle époque João do Rio “A peste” Dentro da noite smallpox belle époque Rio de Janeiro |
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The present paper aims at analyzing the representations of the smallpox epidemics which plagued the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1908, leaving a final balance of over 6,400 deaths, in the short story “A peste”, by João do Rio. Exemplary of what Paes (1985) categorizes as grimace-literature of the art nouveau aesthetics, the short story originally published in Gazeta de Notícias and later collected in the volume Dentro da noite (1910), has as its main narrator the snob Luciano Torres, who reports the tragic outcome of his beloved Francisco´s contamination by the smallpox to an unnamed interlocutor. Starting from the premise that João do Rio observes the condition of epidemiological breakthrough (McNEILL, 1998) in his own time, the real pestilence is transfigured into a meaningful literary motif, inasmuch as, by means of the representations of the pest presented in the story, the writer articulates the disease and its processes – dissemination, contagion, isolation, deformity, death – with a critical view of the city, reaching beyond the euphoric perspective of the belle époque modernization; a dysphoric view (GOMES, 1994) which perceives its evils under the veil of the ideology of progress. In this sense, “A peste” reveals the paralyzing condition of a flâneur facing the empty city (MARTINS, 2021), contaminated by the “bladder disease”: a Saint Sebastian mortal wound, ruled by the Obaluaiê haunting sign and analogous to the catastrophic experience of the battlefield. |
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