O cortiço: feridas do capitalismo no ruído da voz de João Romão, o personagem que ainda fala

Abstract

In this project, which deals, in its core of research, with the marks of capitalism that were protagonists in the construction of the character, João Romão; the biggest of the challenges is anchored in the purpose, in the perspective model adopted by the author of the featured work, The Cortiço. Thus, the initial objective is, specifically, to answer questions directly related to the inspiration, means and results that corroborated for Aluísio Azevedo, in fact, to be successful in his literary production. And this is not just about thinking about the talent of the author to place his work in the context of the art of writing exciting narratives. More than that. This research seeks to clarify what impacts the work will cause in the social sphere and in the literary criticism of its time. For this, a brief pause is needed to introduce naturalism, why? Because pointing out The Cortiço as the background of the current research, and contextualizing the novel in its creation period, implies reconstituting that old political and socioeconomic scenario, in addition to opening a discourse of projections on the parameters that transform a work, written a 130 years old, in a compendium of the contemporary.