A casa mineira como um canto do mundo: da inocência de Taunay à universalidade do espaço

Abstract

The present research aims at making a study of the work Inocência, of Viscount of Taunay. This analysis is based on the concepts of space, as proposed by Gaston Bachelard's phenomenology and hospitality, according to the thinking of Jacques Derrida. This investigation, therefore, seeks to ponder over the house, seeing it as a space that suggests identity to the human being and that is intimately connected to hospitality as an act that presupposes the offering of oneself and that makes the house a corner of the world. As Gaston Bachelard and Emmanuel Levinas reflect, the possession and use of this place pass between dreams and needs, not necessarily generating the intimacy in the the reception. Since the literary text is considered to be one of the privileged places of studies in the search for an understanding of the conflicts and doubts that affect the human being, this research aims to highlight the peculiarities and the current features of the observations of Taunay , visualizing the house of Minas, its attractions and its secrets. So, starting out from the regional, one seeks to arrive at a perception of what can be called the universal house. In addition to this, the charms and the limitations, the characteristics and the strangeness that happens when they receive the other, offer the most intricate and diversified symbolisms. This is because the house, although closed in on itself, is open to the world, highlighting the contrast between inside and outside, self and other, departures and arrivals. With regard to a conceptualization of hospitality in the face of the reality of yesterday and today, one can demonstrate the uncertainties of the the concept itself, its ambiguity, its unconditionality and its consequences in the public and personal treatment of coexistence and of social precepts. It is in this direction then that the present examination takes its place, that is, a reading of Inocência, seeking to better understand the referential of the house, considering the hypotheses presented and contributing to the growth of the critical collection of the Viscount of Taunay.