Immorality, instability, capitalism and the Jew in Graciliano Ramos’ Angústia
It may be perceived the relation sin-guilt-punishment through Luís da Silva’s account, the protagonist of Graciliano Ramos’ Angústia (1936). That is due to his conception of the capitalism as an immoral system. One of Silva’s friends is Moisés, a character who is linked to anti-Judaism concepts in t...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositório: | Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/14285 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/14285 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Capitalismo Judeus Graciliano Ramos Capitalism Jews |
| Resumo: | It may be perceived the relation sin-guilt-punishment through Luís da Silva’s account, the protagonist of Graciliano Ramos’ Angústia (1936). That is due to his conception of the capitalism as an immoral system. One of Silva’s friends is Moisés, a character who is linked to anti-Judaism concepts in the protagonist’s cracked thought, such as the “Jew/communism”, the “Jew/capitalism”, and “the Jew/atheism”. Resentment is consequence of the oppression felt by Luís da Silva in his life, in which he struggles for stability/consistency–in many ways. |
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