From Swift to Sterne: reflections on British humour in the works of Machado de Assis - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v33i1.7357
The British humourists, especially Swift and Sterne are traditionally seen as writers who influenced Machado de Assis’ works. However it was the critic Eugenio Gomes who showed with precision the sublety and excellent taste of Machado obtained through this influence. With our contemporary approaches...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repository: | Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/7357 |
| Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/7357 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Humour Machado de Assis intertextuality English literature Humor intertextualidade literatura inglesa |
| Summary: | The British humourists, especially Swift and Sterne are traditionally seen as writers who influenced Machado de Assis’ works. However it was the critic Eugenio Gomes who showed with precision the sublety and excellent taste of Machado obtained through this influence. With our contemporary approaches, it becomes interesting to question the idea of influence and examine in the light of intertextuality this contact of humour between the works of Machado and those of these two great figures of Literature in the English Language. |
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