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No artigo que apresentamos iremos abordar a questão do tédio na contemporaneidade e a sua presença na obra Uma Viagem à Índia, de Gonçalo M. Tavares, publicada no final de 2010 e considerada uma das mais marcantes obras literárias do início do século XXI. Bloom, o protagonista desta viagem singular, é alguém que revela desde logo uma atitude de desconfiança e distância perante o mundo que o rodeia, carregando consigo sempre um profundo sentimento de tédio, um cansaço que reflete uma apatia e resignação características do que alguns apelidam de “condição pósmoderna”. Deste modo, será a partir da análise do percurso de Bloom e o confronto com o perfil identitário fragmentado do homem contemporâneo, que procuraremos identificar as marcas do tédio que domina o mundo atual e, ao mesmo tempo, saber o que o torna cada vez mais definitivo e entorpecedor.
In the present article we will deal with the subject of contemporary boredom and its presence in Gonçalo M. Tavares’ Uma Viagem à Índia, published at the end of 2010 and already considered one of the most prolific and important books in the beginning of the 21st century. Bloom, the main character of this unique travel to India, is someone who reveals an attitude of distrust and distance towards the world that surrounds him, bearing the weight of a profound feeling of boredom and a kind of tiredness which reflect the characteristic post-modern apathy, resignation and detachment. Thus, by analysing Bloom’s unique individual epic journey and by confronting his path with the contemporary man’s fractured indentity, we will try indentify marks of boredom in the 21st century and provide a insight into its unique features.
In the present article we will deal with the subject of contemporary boredom and its presence in Gonçalo M. Tavares’ Uma Viagem à Índia, published at the end of 2010 and already considered one of the most prolific and important books in the beginning of the 21st century. Bloom, the main character of this unique travel to India, is someone who reveals an attitude of distrust and distance towards the world that surrounds him, bearing the weight of a profound feeling of boredom and a kind of tiredness which reflect the characteristic post-modern apathy, resignation and detachment. Thus, by analysing Bloom’s unique individual epic journey and by confronting his path with the contemporary man’s fractured indentity, we will try indentify marks of boredom in the 21st century and provide a insight into its unique features.
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Tédio Literatura Viagens Herói Contemporaneidade Boredom Literature Travels Hero Contemporaneity
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CORGA, Pedro - O “Definitivo tédio” de BLOOM em Uma Viagem à ÍNDIA, DE GONÇALO M. TAVARES. Máthesis. Viseu. ISSN 0872-0215. Nº 22 (2013), p. 179-195
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa