Machado lê Camões: releitura de poesia na clave do descontentamento

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to present the emulation of the petrachian sonnet in the poetry of Luís Vaz de Camões (1524-1580) and Machado de Assis (1839-1908). To do so, it is based on the classic idea of emulation, which is put forward by Machado de Assis in his critical writing and reading of universal literature. It is going to be pointed out the presence of that sonnet in the poetry of the Portuguese and the Brazilian as well. In order to do so, it will be presented a reading of “Alma gentil, que te partiste”, in which Camões, emulating that type of sonnet, thinks about discontent. And then it will be presented a reading of “A Carolina”, in which Machado de Assis emulates Camões’s sonnet, thinking then about the same problem but under the modern point of view