A loucura na literatura: uma reflexão sobre Machado de Assis, Guimarães Rosa e Erasmo de Rotterdam

Abstract

This research aimed to reflect on different ways of approaching the theme of madness in fictional and scientific literatures. Therefore, writers had been consulted on their deeds records of dementia, treated according to the concepts of different ages and social and cultural contexts in which they operated. We sought copies of literature in which several criteria guided the diagnosis of madness, as well as treatment. Considering the role of fiction to present the reality theme, Machado de Assis, with the story O Alienista, Guimarães Rosa with tales "Soroco, sua mãe e sua filha" and "Darandina" and Erasmus de Rotterdam with the work: O Elogio da Loucura, which were as rich source of reflection and analysis. In an interdisciplinary approach, were asked to theoretical and literary Alfredo Bosi, Antonio Candido, Affonso Romano Sant'Anna, Bastos and Mikhail Bakhtin. Scientific literature, sought the contributions of Foucault, Amarante, Jung, Freud, and Miranda Canguilhem, Goffman and others who have dealt with the theme of madness in various nuances, giving consistency to the insights derived from this study.