MACUNAIMA the HERO WITH NO CHARACTERThis work is the "Ulysses" of Brazil. It is considered by many to be the greatest (or most relevant) piece of literature produced in Brazil this Century. It is a complex and wild allegory about race and society in Brazil.
VIDAS SECASA well known work about the suffered life in the rural backlands of Brazil. A man and his family are forced to leave home and seek a new life. It is one hard long trip. Good thing they had the dog with them.
MACABEIA - MISERY HAS A NAMEThe same misery as above, but transplanted to the urban scenary of Rio de Janeiro. A poor girl goes to the big city, but cannot escape her past and destiny. At least she is ran over by a Mercedes, not a donkey cart!
CLARICE LISPECTOR and MACABEAAnother paper on poor, little, innocent Macabea, from a paper prepared by Clarice from ASU. This paper undertakes to examine three aspects relating to the roles of gender and language in Clarice Lispector’s book The Hour of the Star. First it seeks to analyze the influence of language on gender roles and on the relationship of the two main characters, Macabéa and Olímpico. Second, it examines the use of a male identity by the author in telling the story; and third, it provides a commentary on the gender ingredient in the media sources influencing Macabéa in her dialogues.
