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- Title
Primeval Rhapsody and Dionysus: An Interface between the Narrative and the Myth.
- Authors
Reichmann, Brunilda T.; Pellissari, Paulo Roberto
- Abstract
This paper discusses the Dionysian energy unleashed in the novel Primeval Rhapsody (Lavoura Arcaica, 1975), written by the Brazilian author Raduan Nassar. It also makes reference to the homonymous film by Luiz Fernando Carvalho (2001), a creative adaptation of the novel. The novel and the film establish a dialogical relationship with The Birth of Tragedy, by Friedrich Nietzsche and the myth of Dionysus, which are used as critical perspectives for the discussion of the Dionysian energy present in the works, focusing mainly on Ana's two dances during the family celebrations of a Lebanese community in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, occasions when the members of the community tend to exceed limits. The protagonist- narrator André and his silent sister Ana, a sensuous dancer, both display frenzied, orgiastic traits. In some passages, the novel also foregrounds the mother´s excess of affection and unequivocal preference for her son André. In others, André's father, the patriarch with his rigid personality "befuddled with wine" -- the Dionysian drink -- becomes the target of the unbridled fluency and chaotic verbosity of the protagonist-narrator.
- Subjects
DIONYSUS (Greek deity); NARRATIVES; MYTHOLOGY; FICTION; PRIMEVAL Rhapsody (Book)
- Publication
Word & Text: A Journal of Literary Studies & Linguistics, 2011, Vol 1, Issue 2, p132
- ISSN
2069-9271
- Publication type
Article