Ursula's subterranean intimacy: an analysis of the novel by Maria Firmina dos Reis

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  • Maria Socorro Assis Monteiro Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

tempo, intimismo, introspecção, personagem

Abstract

Úrsula is a novel that was published in 1859, by Maria Firmina dos Reis, a maranhese, poor and Afro-American writer. This book is the first introspective novel in the Portuguese language that brings the characters’ feelings and sensations to beyond the chronologic time. The narrator main feature is to create characters who talk with each other during the narrative and by doing it she brings the streaming of consciousness to the text. This happens while the narrator tries to organize the expectation of the readers.

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Author Biography

Maria Socorro Assis Monteiro, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutoranda em letras na PUCRS, experiência em estudos sobre poesia e teoria da literatura, integrante do projeto romance de introspecção

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Published

2009-07-29

How to Cite

Assis Monteiro, M. S. (2009). Ursula’s subterranean intimacy: an analysis of the novel by Maria Firmina dos Reis. Letrônica, 2(1), 361–381. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/letronica/article/view/5100

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2009): Linguagem e Cognição & Introspecção

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Literature

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