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O incipit na novelística histórica portuguesa e brasileira
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O incipit como partida para um lugar, origem de um itinerário narrativo desconhecido, é uma fórmula privilegiada que os autores possuem não só como mecanismo de sedução, como artifício que dita as regras do universo da história, mas também como expressão do seu posicionamento face ao que irão contar. Tratando-se do romance histórico, o autor tem ainda a responsabilidade de situar temporalmente o leitor, optando quer por descrições, segmentos narrativos ou por iniciar a história em medias res, sempre
de forma a não desconfortar o leitor. O incipit neste género pode também funcionar como índice da forma como o autor faz uso da História na ficção: “écran” ideológico, com o intuito de intervenção no presente, evasão e catarse, ou, ainda, reflexão e clarificação de um determinado período. Se estas categorias são válidas na análise do incipit das obras dos autores lusos e de alguns textos de Alencar, os romances históricos de teor indianista alencarianos exigem uma outra categoria – a da elaboração ficcional da História com
intenções mítico-lendárias. Com alguns piscar de olhos aos romancistas portugueses, numa verdadeira lição de ironia romântica, Alencar faz da descrição incipitaria uma verdadeira instituição que concentra em si objetivos ligados à construção da narrativa identitária.
The Incipit as a starting point, origin of an unknown narrative itinerary, is a privileged formula that authors use not only as a mechanism of seduction, as a device that dictates the rules of the universe of the narrative, but also as an expression of their position in relation to what is going the object of their story. In the case of the historical novel, the author still has the responsibility of temporarily situating the reader, opting either for descriptions, narrative segments or for starting the story in medias res, so as not to discomfort and loose the reader. The incipit in this genre can also work as a clue to how the author makes use of history in fiction: as an ideological “screen”, with the intention of intervening in the present, evasion and catharsis, or also reflection and clarification of a certain period. If these categories are valid in the analysis of the incipit of the works of the Portuguese authors and of some of Alencar’s texts, the Alencarian historical novels of indianist content demand another category – that of the fictional elaboration of History with mythical and legendary intentions. With some eye winking to Portuguese novelists, in a true lesson of romantic irony, Alencar makes the incipital description a true institution that concentrates in itself objectives linked to the construction of the narrative of the origins of the Brazilian people.
The Incipit as a starting point, origin of an unknown narrative itinerary, is a privileged formula that authors use not only as a mechanism of seduction, as a device that dictates the rules of the universe of the narrative, but also as an expression of their position in relation to what is going the object of their story. In the case of the historical novel, the author still has the responsibility of temporarily situating the reader, opting either for descriptions, narrative segments or for starting the story in medias res, so as not to discomfort and loose the reader. The incipit in this genre can also work as a clue to how the author makes use of history in fiction: as an ideological “screen”, with the intention of intervening in the present, evasion and catharsis, or also reflection and clarification of a certain period. If these categories are valid in the analysis of the incipit of the works of the Portuguese authors and of some of Alencar’s texts, the Alencarian historical novels of indianist content demand another category – that of the fictional elaboration of History with mythical and legendary intentions. With some eye winking to Portuguese novelists, in a true lesson of romantic irony, Alencar makes the incipital description a true institution that concentrates in itself objectives linked to the construction of the narrative of the origins of the Brazilian people.
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Incipit Romance histórico História Ideologia Narrativa das origens Historical novel History Ideology Narrative of origins . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades
Citation
Paolinelli, L. M. A. (2019). O incipit na novelística histórica portuguesa e brasileira. Linha D'Água, 32(2), 65-86.
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Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo