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'Um pensamento insone': os perigos do símbolo em Moby Dick, de Herman Melville.

Authors :
Cechinel, André
da Silva Cabral, Gladir
Source :
Acta Scientiarum: Language & Culture. Jan-Mar2015, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p49-56. 8p.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

This study investigates the instability of the symbols in Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, and the dangers of a symbolic reading both to the crew of the Pequod and the reader of the novel. If Ishmael, on the one hand, inhabits the borders of the text and, therefore, becomes the only possible witness to the shipwreck – that is to say – the one who erases his traces of identity so that he can narrate his experience – Ahab, on the other hand, invests in the alleged concreteness of the symbols and, for this reason, submerges along with the meanings he first attributed to his quest. Together with the sinking of the Pequod, the symbols submerge to make way for an errant textuality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
Portuguese
ISSN :
19834675
Volume :
37
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Acta Scientiarum: Language & Culture
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
102368871
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v37i1.23472