Monsters and small demons
an analysis of the novels Bom Crioulo and Lolita
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2024.1.45940Keywords:
Childhood, Sexuality, ImaginaryAbstract
The article proposes a comparative analysis of the novels Bom Crioulo, by Adolfo Caminha, published in 1895, and Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955. The various meanings surrounding the characters Aleixo and Dolores reveal projections from cultural tradition regarding childhood. At the same time, those same characters unfold themselves as ambiguous and enigmatic creatures, subverting the traditional concept of infancy. In these bold and polemic characters, concepts such as innocence and sexuality are intertwined, defying moral conventions and making ways to rethink childhood not as a sacred value, but as a place of autonomy and singularity.
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