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Rereading Dom Casmurro - aesthetic hybridity in Capitu

Although perhaps best known for Lavoura Arcaica (2001), an adaptation of Raduan Nassar's 1975 novel, the majority of Luiz Fernando Carvalho's professional activity has been in television, where, in addition to critically acclaimed telenovelas, he has directed adaptations of works by Eça de...

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Published in:Machado de Assis em Linha 2014-06, Vol.7 (13), p.19-43
Main Author: Carter, Eli
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Language:English
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Summary:Although perhaps best known for Lavoura Arcaica (2001), an adaptation of Raduan Nassar's 1975 novel, the majority of Luiz Fernando Carvalho's professional activity has been in television, where, in addition to critically acclaimed telenovelas, he has directed adaptations of works by Eça de Queirós, Ariano Suassuna, Machado de Assis, Clarice Lispector, and Graciliano Ramos. Carvalho's audiovisual oeuvre has distinguished him as one of the most creative directors working in Brazil today and as the first full-fledged Brazilian television auteur. In 2008 Carvalho completed Capitu, an adaptation of Machado de Assis's masterpiece, Dom Casmurro (1899). This paper analyzes Carvalho's unique rereading of Machado's novel and the aesthetic hybridity that characterizes Capitu. Talvez mais conhecido como o diretor do filme Lavoura Arcaica (2001), uma adaptação do romance homônimo de Raduan Nassar, Luiz Fernando Carvalho desenvolveu a maior parte de sua atividade profissional na televisão, onde, além de telenovelas de grande êxito, fez adaptações de obras de Eça de Queirós, Ariano Suassuna, Machado de Assis, Clarice Lispector e Graciliano Ramos. A obra audiovisual de Carvalho o distingue como um dos diretores mais criativos em atividade no Brasil e como o primeiro auteur da televisão brasileira. Em 2008, Carvalho completou Capitu, adaptação de Dom Casmurro (1899), umas das obras-primas de Machado de Assis. Este artigo analisa a criativa releitura que Carvalho faz do romance de Machado e o hibridismo estético que caracteriza Capitu.
ISSN:1983-6821
1983-6821
DOI:10.1590/S1983-68212014000100004