NAS FRONTEIRAS ENTRE RAZÃO E DESRAZÃO: UMA LEITURA DE “O GATO PRETO” DE EDGAR ALLAN POE

Authors

  • Carla Alexandra Ferreira Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Departamento de Letras - Área de Lingua Inglesa e suas literaturas
  • Raquel Terezinha Rodrigues Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v0i13p34-41

Keywords:

Edgar Allan Poe, American Literature, reason, madness, Foucault

Abstract

Known for his macabre and mysterious short stories as well as by his detective stories, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) has a controversial as well as important position among his contemporaries. The objective of this article is to investigate through the reading of one of his most popular stories, “The Black Cat” (1843) how the theme of a subtle line between reason and madness is shown in the short story. Having uncertainty as its unity of effect, this story dialogs with Michel Foucault’s ideas about reason and madness and also with the current thoughts about American literature formation.  

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Author Biographies

  • Carla Alexandra Ferreira, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Departamento de Letras - Área de Lingua Inglesa e suas literaturas
    Professor Adjunto Doutor do Departamento de Letras - Área de Lingua Inglesa e suas literaturas - UFSCar
  • Raquel Terezinha Rodrigues, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste
    Professor Adjunto Doutor - Departamento de Letras - Área de Literatura Portuguesa

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Published

2014-12-12

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No. 13 (2014)

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How to Cite

Ferreira, C. A., & Rodrigues, R. T. (2014). NAS FRONTEIRAS ENTRE RAZÃO E DESRAZÃO: UMA LEITURA DE “O GATO PRETO” DE EDGAR ALLAN POE. Revista Criação & Crítica, 13, 34-41. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v0i13p34-41