THE PATHEMIC CONFIGURATION OF ANGER IN THE SHORT STORY “DEPOIS DA AULA”, BY LUIZ VILELA

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the short story "Depois da Aula" (Apud Os melhores contos. São Paulo: Global, 1988) by Luiz Vilela. The narrative tells the story of three students who are suspected of having drawn a caricature of the teacher. The short story shows the teacher's attempts to obtain the tipoff of the responsible for the drawing. The extremely tense situation bringeth forth between the subjects, students and the teacher, different states of mind, such as despair, indifference, fear, anger, among others. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the pathemic configuration of anger in this short story. The theoretical foundation of this work is the French Semiotics, more specifically the Semiotics of Passion. There shall not be any profound or systematic conceptual explanation of all the theoretical concepts mentioned in this article. Some notes will be made however when they are necessary to the comprehension of anger in this short story. In other words, the nature of the work is practical. The target is to analyze a short story of Brazilian literature, based on the passionate epistemology of anger as presented by some researchers who deal with this subject.