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- Title
Vendredi ou Les Limbes du Pacifique: uma nova perspectiva do individualismo moderno na sociedade contemporânea.
- Authors
Silva Rodrigues, Jussara da
- Abstract
Considered by the critic of literature Ian Watt as one of the 'myths of modern individualism', The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719) is a book that exerted and exerts great influence in the occidental imagination. Its great success rendered it numerous rewritings, known as robinsonades. Vendredi ou Les Limbes du Pacifique written in 1967 by the French Michel Tournier, is one of the richest intertexts ever emerged since then. The adoption of a completely new perspective breaks with the paradigm of the white civilized man providing the originality of the text. In the new version, the individualism of Robinson gets role more consistent to the contemporary society thought. This article aims to emphasize Vendredi potential as a myth of the modern individualism in contemporary society through its symbols and a comparative analysis
- Subjects
ROBINSON Crusoe (Company); PRIMITIVISM; INDIVIDUALISM; INTERTEXTUALITY; TOURNIER, Michel, 1924-2016
- Publication
Acta Scientiarum: Language & Culture, 2013, Vol 35, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1983-4675
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/actascilangcult.v35i1.6820