O vermelho e o negro, crônica e romance: uma leitura dos aspectos grotescos em Stendhal

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze the masterpiece of Stendhal, The red and the black, written in 1830, drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin´s theory about grotesque. Bakhtin said that in the XIX century the grotesque assumed a romantic type of grotesque, also called chamber grotesque. The works which Bakhtin considers as being part of this type are characterized by a strong feeling of not belonging to the society of authors, which leads to a distant relation between the authors and other people and to a dive into one’s interior’s infinity. By acting and thinking as being misunderstood they are considered outsiders by other authors. We intend to demonstrate that some aspects of the chamber grotesque may be found in The red and the black, by drawing on these propositions of Bakhtin, as well as by having an interdisciplinary perspective, marked by the use of History, Philosophy e Literature.