Name: FABIO HENRIQUE DE ARAUJO SANTOS
Publication date: 26/07/2023
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| LUÍS EUSTÁQUIO SOARES | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| JIEGO BALDUINO FERNANDES RIBEIRO | External Examiner * |
| LUÍS EUSTÁQUIO SOARES | Advisor * |
| RAIMUNDO NONATO BARBOSA DE CARVALHO | Internal Alternate * |
| ROBSON LOUREIRO | Internal Examiner * |
| VITOR CEI SANTOS | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: This work aims to investigate if the novels Cacau (1933); Jubiabá (1935) and Captains of
the sand (1937) by writer Jorge Amado can be realists under the theoretical perspective of
the Aesthetic Reflection of Reality, of the Hungarian aesthete Georg Lukács. These novels
as known as Ciclo da Bahia were written between two important milestones in the history
of Brazil: The 1930 revolution and the decree of the Estado Novo in 1937. At the beginning
of the 20th century, the aristocratic oligarchy was in decline, in the 1930s the rising
bourgeoisie took power and the imminent industrial development stimulated the emergence
of the proletariat and, consequently, the formation of trade union movements influenced by
Marxist theories from Russia. In this scenario, a profusion of classes and ideological
conflicts emerged, that could enable the emergence of secular thinking in part of society.
Jorge Amado did not remain silent in the face of such an evident class struggle and this
historic moment was, that is, open to class struggle, was conducive to the production of
authentically realistic works. Thus, the analysis of the aforementioned works will consist,
under the theoretical perspective of the Aesthetic Reflection of Reality, of the Hungarian
aesthete Georg Lukács. Thus, based on the Lukacsian method, we will consider in each
work, its particularity in dialectical relationship with the universality of the historical context
to investigate whether the works that make up the Ciclo da Bahia can be considered realistic
according to Lukács` aesthetic conception. To complement the theoretical contribution, we
will use the theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and the researches done by Doctor
Luis Eustáquio Soares. In addition to the theoretical foundation, we intend to historically
contextualize the works from historians such as Nélson Werneck Sodré, Edgard Carone,
Caio Prado Júnior, Clóvis Moura and Victor Nunes Leal. And, finally, we will dialogue with
several authors of the critical fortune such as: Antônio Cândido, Alfredo Bosi, Afrânio
Coutinho, Eduardo de Assis Duarte, Renard Perez, Alice Raillard, Eduardo Portella,
Geferson Santana, Luiz Gustavo F. Rossi, Miécio Táti, among others.
Keywords: Bahia Cycle; particularity, universality; Aesthetic Reflection of Reality.
