O enteado, de Juan Saer: narrativa poética e romance histórico?

Em O enteado (2002), de Juan José Saer, tem-se um velho narrador que conta de forma poética a sua história, uma singular experiência de vida. Quando jovem, ele viajava como grumete num navio que costeava a Bacia do Rio da Prata, quando presenciou o ataque súbito e posterior massacre da tripulação do barco pelos índios da região. Como único sobrevivente da carnificina, é praticamente adotado pelos selvagens, passando a conviver com eles, sem saber ao certo a razão de ter sido poupado. Mas a maneira de viver daqueles índios revelou-se bem estranha, pois eram antropófagos, faziam sexo em grupo (orgias), morriam muito cedo, e a peculiar linguagem que praticavam dificultava o aprendizado da língua, e, conseqüentemente, da própria cultura. Assim, esse livro tacitamente promove um debate sobre a Conquista Hispânica da América, do ponto de vista particular de um narrador que constrói poeticamente a sua visão daquele passado, que não diz respeito a nenhum fato histórico preciso. Mas, enquanto a historicidade desse texto transparece nas suas entrelinhas, a sua imanente poesia define o seu aspecto de prosa poética, senão de narrativa poética, traços que apontam para um possível hibridismo literário nesse romance.

Geografias do drama humano: leituras do espaço em São Bernardo, de Graciliano Ramos, e Pedro Páramo, de Juan Rulfo

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Juan Facundo Quiroga: um homem, vários personagens

Pós-graduação em Letras - FCLAS

O mito de don juan e a subjetividade moderna

The legendary Don Juan character inhabits the popular imaginary with such a vibrancy of a myth, despite its slight recognition as such by the scientific literature. The purpose of this article is to verify if Don Juan’s play can be understood, scientifically, as a modern myth, as well as understand its mythical nature and its relation to the modern man. A structural and historical analysis of the two first plays on Don Juan has guided us: the one written by Tirso de Molina in 1630, and the one by Molière, written in 1665. The studies allow us to say that Don Juan is a typical modern myth, once it is constituted by narratives that expose a world looming under the signs of individualism, hedonism, arrogance and audacity forged under the appeals of sexual desire.

O estudante endiabrado: representação do mito de Dom Juan em espronceda

The present study is a reflection on the representation of the literary myth of Dom Juan in the work El estudiante de Salamanca (1836-1840), by Joseph de Espronceda. It highlights the most significant aspects of their recreation donjuanesca, since the classic elements taken from the founding work of Tirso de Molina to Romantic Titan which characterizes Dom Félix de Montemar.

Aspectos do real maravilhoso no romance Pedro Páramo, de Juan Rulfo

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Balzac e os mitos da modernidade: Fausto e Don Juan em La peau de chagrin et L'elixir de longue vie

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Retinol binding protein 4 and retinol in steatotic and nonsteatotic rat livers in the setting of partial hepatectomy under ischemia/reperfusion

Steatotic livers show increased hepatic damage and impaired regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH) under ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), which is commonly applied in clinical practice to reduce bleeding. The known function of retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) is to transport retinol in the circulation. We examined whether modulating RBP4 and/or retinol could protect steatotic and nonsteatotic livers in the setting of PH under I/R. Steatotic and nonsteatotic livers from Zucker rats were subjected to PH (70%) with 60 minutes of ischemia. RBP4 and retinol levels were measured and altered pharmacologically, and their effects on hepatic damage and regeneration were studied after reperfusion. Decreased RBP4 levels were observed in both liver types, whereas retinol levels were reduced only in steatotic livers. RBP4 administration exacerbated the negative consequences of liver surgery with respect to damage and liver regeneration in both liver types. RBP4 affected the mobilization of retinol from steatotic livers, and this revealed actions of RBP4 independent of simple retinol transport. The injurious effects of RBP4 were not due to changes in retinol levels. Treatment with retinol was effective only for steatotic livers. Indeed, retinol increased hepatic injury and impaired liver regeneration in nonsteatotic livers. In steatotic livers, retinol reduced damage and improved regeneration after surgery. These benefits of retinol were associated with a reduced accumulation of hepatocellular fat. Thus, strategies based on modulating RBP4 could be ineffective and possibly even harmful in both liver types in the setting of PH under I/R. In terms of clinical applications, a retinol pretreatment might open new avenues for liver surgery that specifically benefit the steatotic liver. Liver Transpl 18:1198-1208, 2012. (c) 2012 AASLD.