Resumo (PT):
Abstract (EN):
In the short stories by Rubem Fonseca (1925-2020) there is an
excess (of violence – physical, psychological, social, linguistic),
strangely combined with a strong mark of contention. One of its
expressions is related to the regular appearance of dwarves, which
seems a kind of obsession. This overexposure highlights, on the one
hand, the margin to which people with achondroplasia are relegated
and, on the other hand, acts as a mirror in which others look at
themselves, almost always in a too restrained way, just at a glance, but
also with an excessive anxiety that takes them to the other side, to a
kind of supernatural world. However, the silence, the gap, the lack,
are too noticeable, and it is up to the reader to break this containment.
Language:
Portuguese
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific