Scene and obscenity in O beijo no asfalto, by Nelson Rodrigues
This article proposes an analysis of the play “The kiss on the asphalt”, by Nelson Rodrigues, from the perspective of the concepts of scene and obscenity. This play is structured around a scandal caused by the fact that the character Arandir kisses a man dying on the pavement after being hit, which...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repository: | Navegações (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/36995 |
| Online Access: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/navegacoes/article/view/36995 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | O beijo no asfalto Nelson Rodrigues Scene Obscenity Theater Cena Obsceno Teatro |
| Summary: | This article proposes an analysis of the play “The kiss on the asphalt”, by Nelson Rodrigues, from the perspective of the concepts of scene and obscenity. This play is structured around a scandal caused by the fact that the character Arandir kisses a man dying on the pavement after being hit, which hurt the morals imposed at the time. However, it is observed that, in part, this scandal is not only related to moral transgression, but mostly to its own scenario. In this regard, we note that the play touts several scenarios, which are presented as components of the social order. Thus, obscenity, which comes from several overlapping scenarios, seems to put at stake the fact of being in / out of the picture, or the accumulation of representations. |
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