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Published 2019-12-28
Keywords
- Bernardo Kucinski,
- violence,
- dictatorship,
- narrative,
- Brazilian literature
How to Cite
Ginzburg, Jaime. 2019. “Literature and Politics in Bernardo Kucinski”. Pléyade, no. 24 (December):83-95. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0719-36962019000200083.
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Abstract
In 2011 Bernardo Kucinski published his novel K., in which the lead character is a father whose daughter is missing, as a victim of the State violence during Brazil’s military dictatorship. Eight years later, in 2019, he published A nova ordem, a narrative in which the country is ruled by a totalitarian regime. The purpose of this essay is to compare both works, discuss differences between the two books, and thus understand their specific approaches to authoritarianism they offer.