Adolescência através dos séculos

A sociedade contemporânea ocidental estendeu o período da adolescência, que não é mais encarada apenas como uma preparação para a vida adulta, mas passou a adquirir sentido em si mesma, como um estágio do ciclo vital. O presente artigo procura descrever como os adolescentes eram vistos e tratados, desde a antiguidade até os dias de hoje, a partir de textos literários ou filosóficos e estudos científicos. O material bibliográfico a respeito da adolescência caracteriza-se por três etapas distintas: a descrição dos padrões de comportamento, ajustamento pessoal e relacionamento; a resolução de problemas reais por meio do conhecimento científico; e o desenvolvimento positivo do indivíduo, considerando os adolescentes como o futuro da humanidade.

Surrealismo à mineira

Marginal poetry (poesia marginal) has motivated several studies concerning features common to some poets in the literary scene of the nineteen seventies. On the part of contemporary criticism, however, the focus has been on specific details of each writer from that period. The poet Afonso Henriques Neto debuted with the book 0 misterioso ladrao de Tenerife (1972), written in partnership with Eudoro Augusto, and has revealed an influence of surrealist procedures in all his works published since then. The largely casual style and everyday themes are present in several of his texts, where they coexist with prolific imagery and unusual elements which point out the central conflict of his poetry: the oscillation between the affirmation of the intrinsic value of literature, and the perception of its crisis in a peculiar historical moment. In this sense, we consider how the appropriation of the surrealist denial of rationalism and common sense by the Beat Generation and the counterculture ""filtered"" the reception of the avant-garde movement, influencing the poet's work.

Sociology and literary criticism

The crisis of literary criticism, an essay published by Theodor Adorno in 1953, is dedicated to important problems of Literary Studies, such as the role of the critic himself. Adorno gave a class on Social Sciences in Frankfurt, in 1968, discussing ways of studying and thinking social matters. As an ensemble, these two works are an important contribution to the debate on quality of academic production.

Exploring a literary gender: the chivalry novels

Exploring a literary gender: the chivalry novels This article deals with a series of aspects related to the thematic universe of the chivalry novels, focusing on the production of the literary work from a historical perspective. The text analyzes the advent and evolution of the genre chivalry novels, presents some central elements of its internal structure, concluding with some of the social functions of this kind of literature.