Larissa de Cassia Antunes Ribeiro
State University of Ponta Grossa - UEPG
Abstract
La Reine Morte (1942) is a play which dates back to one of
the most referenced characters in Portuguese Literature. Works such as Os
Lusíadas and À Castro, both from the 16th century, present her under
the predominance of the lyrical gaze. Such character can awaken the most varied
performances through its symbolic poignancy. The themes: "the crown of
death" and "dying for love" move between the sacred and the
profane and this intrigue draws the intense and instigating atmosphere. However,
behind both works, relationships are woven between political and national
forces that articulate and contextualize each character. In the first, there is
the praise of national culture; in the second, the representation of power and
its consequences. Investigating how the french author, Henry de Montherlant,
traces these issues back within another conception, contemporary to the 20th
century, is the objective of this study. The importance of dialogues as a way
of addressing the major themes presented in the narrative is highlighted: love,
death, and power. The study focuses on the representation of “Inês de Castro”
and “Ferrante”, when describing the dialogic composition and positioning, both
on the physical and symbolic levels, that both occupy in the work. Thus, it is
possible to observe the approximations and distances in the speeches between
them and the articulation between the other voices produced in the text. For
that, we resort to the notes of Pavis (2008) about theatrical composition; to
Rosenfeld's (1985) observations about genres in theater, and to Vernant's
(2006) reflections aimed at myth and symbol based on the Greeks and their
developments. This bibliography offers subsidies for the articulation of the
proposal, but they do not contain the possibilities for reading the piece, nor
its aesthetic-communicative strength.
Keywords: Dialogue; Theater; Symbol.
Reviewed by Current Scientific Journal
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agosto 07, 2022
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