The salons articles in Brazil and France: João do Rio and Marcel Proust

• Autor(a) principal: Morizono, Vivian Yoshie Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Alexandre Bebiano de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários
• DOI: 10.5433/1678-2054.2014v28p115
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/terraroxa/article/view/25202
• topic: Society articles; Marcel Proust; João do Rio; Salons; Society articles; Crônicas sociais; Marcel Proust; João do Rio; Salões

The chronicle of salons, kind of venal journalism, is a genre that gained notoriety in the press during the Belle Époque and performed specific social functions in that context. In this article we compare two society articles by Marcel Proust and João do Rio to describe the formulas and conventions intrinsic to the genre. We focus on the description made by both writers about the salons of the Belle Époque in Paris and Rio, a portrait that oscillates between reality and dream and, in the case of João do Rio, makes evident the rise of European-like cultural life in Rio de Janeiro’s society.