Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas: hedonismo e o mito do indivíduo moderno

Abstract

The research presents an innovative perspective before the work Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas, bringing it to the perspective of Ian Watt on the modern individual within the field of literary theory. This new look at the human and hedonistic character given to the protagonist signals his approach to the category of problematic hero, advocated by Georg Lukács. Following through a contextualization about the romance genre, the realistic novel and the Brazilian realistic novel, we arrive at the myth of the modern individual and the narrator-character, Brás Cubas, representative example of the modern individual in the society of the time.