VIAGEM À RODA DE MACHADO

Abstract

IN THE SHORT STORY “VIAGEM À RODA DE MIM MESMO”, MACHADO DE ASSIS NOT ONLY DIALOGUES WITH AUTHORS WHO HAD DEALT WITH THE CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW TYPE OF TRAVELLER, THE SENTIMENTAL FLÂNEUR, BUT HE ESTABLISHES A COUNTERPOINT IN HIS READING OF THE TERM DER DOPPELGÄNGER. THUS, THE HYPOTHESIS OF THIS ESSAY IS TO SHOW HOW THE “JOURNEY” IS PRESENTED AS DEMYTHIFY OF LITERARY CURRENT OF THE FANTASTIC AND THE INSCRIPTION OF HIS OWN FICCIONAL DOUBLE.