The birth of tragedy and primeval rhapsody: the dionisian myth as resignified in nietzsche's and nassar's texts

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  • Brunilda T Reichmann Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Paulo Roberto Pellissari

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Brazilian novel, Dionysian energy, Friedrich Nietzsche

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This paper discusses the Dionysian energy present in the novel Primeval Rhapsody (Lavoura Arcaica, 1975), by Raduan Nassar, making reference to Luiz Fernando Carvalho's homonymous film (2001), whenever relevant. We analyze some passages that reveal André’s and Ana’s “Dionysian sensitivity”, as well as other ones which foreground instances of the mother’s excess of affection, showing her unequivocal preference for André, and of the father’s slackening of his rigid personality when “befuddled with wine” – the Dionysian drink. However, we tend to privilege the dialogue between the Dionysian myth as resignified in Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy and the visual narratives of Ana's two dances which disturb the protagonist and the traditional celebrations of a Lebanese community in the countryside of São Paulo.

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