A TEORIA DA RECEPÇÃO E DO EFEITO APLICADAS AO TEXTO LITERÁRIO DE MACHADO DE ASSIS E EDGAR ALLAN POE.

Abstract

The aim of that research is to apply the theory of reception and literary effect to the text of Machado and Edgar Allan Poe tales prominently in' A queda da casa Edgar Allan Poe, and 'A causa secreta Machado de Assis. It is proposed to analyze the categories of text and reader in aesthetics as effect and reception, since this for Jauss it constitutes a major criterion for the history of literature, as formulate a new concept of reader,the theoretical starts to occupy an important position from their aesthetic experience. Will be observed the elements that compose the relationship between text, reader, and the reading process. In this aspect, both the aesthetics of reception and the effect theory comprising the act of receiving the literary by the point of view of the reader, covering all the implicit and explicit aspects in the text. The analysis will be based on theories made in the field of reception of aesthetics having as parameter the positioning of the reader. Aiming to identify how the reception and the effect occurs in the works studied, searching for that the theoretical foundations of Hans Robert Jauss, (2003), and Wolfgang Iser (1996).