Pessoa and Pirandello: convergences of dramas.

Authors

  • Paola Poma USP - Universidade de São Paulo /São Paulo - SP

Keywords:

Modernism, Individual’s crisis, Literary genres, Depersonalization

Abstract

The present study aims to compare two modern authors – Luigi Pirandello and Fernando Pessoa – from diff erent cultural environments – Italy / Brazil – pointing to a common theme: the various levels of the individual’s expression .The arguments to support the proposed analysis are based on the shifting literary genres, specifi cally on the non-dramatic characters by Pirandello and on the drama in people by Pessoa.

Issue

Section

Vanguardas literárias do século XX