The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and Literature

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Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Eliézer Cardoso de
Data de Publicação: 2024
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Literatura e Autoritarismo
Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/LA/article/view/72045
Resumo: The purpose of this article is to analyze the narratives on epidemics written by historians, chroniclers and novelists, trying to understand how they describe human behavior in these situations. Classic authors of historiography (Tucídides, Boccaccio, Delumeau, among others) and of world literature (Daniel Defoe, Albert Camus, José Saramago, etc.) emphasize a dichotomous ethical behavior, between good and evil. The hypothesis is that this emphasis on extreme behaviors is a rhetorical element, resulting from the wish that the epidemic narratives are ethically exemplary. This reinforces Hayden White's idea that the boundaries between history and literature are not insurmountable.
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spelling The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and LiteratureO melhor e o pior de nós em tempo de epidemias: diálogos entre História e LiteraturaEpidemiasComportamento humanoHistória e LiteraturaEpidemicsHuman behaviorHistory and LiteratureThe purpose of this article is to analyze the narratives on epidemics written by historians, chroniclers and novelists, trying to understand how they describe human behavior in these situations. Classic authors of historiography (Tucídides, Boccaccio, Delumeau, among others) and of world literature (Daniel Defoe, Albert Camus, José Saramago, etc.) emphasize a dichotomous ethical behavior, between good and evil. The hypothesis is that this emphasis on extreme behaviors is a rhetorical element, resulting from the wish that the epidemic narratives are ethically exemplary. This reinforces Hayden White's idea that the boundaries between history and literature are not insurmountable.A proposta deste artigo é analisar os relatos sobre epidemias escritos por historiadores, cronistas e romancistas procurando perceber como descrevem o comportamento humano nessas situações. Autores clássicos da historiografia (Tucídides, Boccaccio, Delumeau, dentre outros) e da literatura mundial (Daniel Defoe, Albert Camus, José Saramago, etc.) enfatizam um comportamento ético dicotômico, entre o bem e o mal.  A hipótese é que essa ênfase nos comportamentos extremados é um elemento retórico, decorrente do desejo de que as narrativas sobre epidemias sejam exemplares eticamente. Isso reforça a ideia de Hayden White de que os limites entre a história e a literatura não são intransponíveis.Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2024-04-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttp://periodicos.ufsm.br/LA/article/view/7204510.5902/1679849X72045Literatura e Autoritarismo; n. 42 (2023): Literatura e Autoritarismo: Distopias e outras formas narrativas; e720451679-849X1679-849Xreponame:Literatura e Autoritarismoinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)instacron:UFSMporhttp://periodicos.ufsm.br/LA/article/view/72045/63588Copyright (c) 2024 Literatura e Autoritarismohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessOliveira, Eliézer Cardoso de2024-04-08T21:18:02Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/72045Revistahttps://periodicos.ufsm.br/LA/indexPUBhttp://cascavel.ufsm.br/revistas/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/LA/oaigla@mail.ufsm.br||jlourique@pq.cnpq.br1679-849X1679-849Xopendoar:2024-04-08T21:18:02Literatura e Autoritarismo - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and Literature
O melhor e o pior de nós em tempo de epidemias: diálogos entre História e Literatura
title The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and Literature
spellingShingle The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and Literature
Oliveira, Eliézer Cardoso de
Epidemias
Comportamento humano
História e Literatura
Epidemics
Human behavior
History and Literature
title_short The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and Literature
title_full The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and Literature
title_fullStr The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and Literature
title_full_unstemmed The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and Literature
title_sort The best and worst of us in epidemic time: dialogues between History and Literature
author Oliveira, Eliézer Cardoso de
author_facet Oliveira, Eliézer Cardoso de
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oliveira, Eliézer Cardoso de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Epidemias
Comportamento humano
História e Literatura
Epidemics
Human behavior
History and Literature
topic Epidemias
Comportamento humano
História e Literatura
Epidemics
Human behavior
History and Literature
description The purpose of this article is to analyze the narratives on epidemics written by historians, chroniclers and novelists, trying to understand how they describe human behavior in these situations. Classic authors of historiography (Tucídides, Boccaccio, Delumeau, among others) and of world literature (Daniel Defoe, Albert Camus, José Saramago, etc.) emphasize a dichotomous ethical behavior, between good and evil. The hypothesis is that this emphasis on extreme behaviors is a rhetorical element, resulting from the wish that the epidemic narratives are ethically exemplary. This reinforces Hayden White's idea that the boundaries between history and literature are not insurmountable.
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