As configurações do fantástico contemporâneo: ameaça cotidiana nos contos de Murilo Rubião

Abstract

The fantastic as a literary genre, would have reached its peak and perishing in the 19th century. However, the manifestations of the fantastic effect can be seen in contemporary literature, and the genre, not without mutations, continues to be produced today. This work aims to analyze how the fantastic develops in contemporary literature, and how it differs from the traditional fantastic described by Todorov. In this way, the short storys "O pirotécnico Zacarias", "O ex-mágico da taberna Minhota", "O edifício" e "O bloqueio", by Murilo Rubião, are studied to see how the author builds the fantastic effect and how he reconfigures the elements of traditional fantastic literature. For the theoretical foundation of this work, the studies of Tzvetan Todorov, David Roas and Jaime Alazraki were used. In the first chapter, he dedicates himself to base the theoretical bases that will support the work, being the definition of narrative aspects and the delimitation of traditional fantastic literature. The second chapter is intended to discuss new theories for the fantastic and how the effect appears in contemporary texts. Finally, the third chapter aims to demonstrate the issues debated through the application of theories in the analysis of stories