The place of The Masters and the Slaves, by Gilberto Freyre, in literary studies

Authors

  • Tatiana Batista Alves

Keywords:

Literatura, ciência, história, Gilberto Freyre, Bakhtin, Literature, science, history,

Abstract

This article sets out to contemplate The Masters and the Slaves as “potential literature” given that it partakes of a scientific as well as a literary discourse. It examines the extent to which it is possible to apply literary theory as a tool for reading the different narrative configurations arising from the constitutive split between the discourse of reality and that of fiction. This article attempts to reflect on Freyre’s works as a means of reading Brazil.

How to Cite

Alves, T. B. (2007). The place of The Masters and the Slaves, by Gilberto Freyre, in literary studies. Revista De Letras, 44(1). Retrieved from https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/245

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