The genesis of alienism: a metaphor of the law. An approach to The Alienist by Machado de Assis

 

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Autor: Martínez Díaz, María
Format: artículo original
Estat:Versión publicada
Data de publicació:2020
Descripció:In this paper, it develops a reading of the story El Alienista, from Brazilian writer Machado de Assis. It is proposed   an initial approach to the analysis of the literary text and the analysis of this writer who is so important and has been so neglected in the costarican academy. We work around “madness” but specially around psychiatry. The institution that has tried to dominate madness. Thus, we will analysed the emergence of alienism as a discourse, as an institution, and as a power that has been legitimated in the building of the “alienated” figure, to finally shut it.                              Key Words: Brazilian Literature, science, psychiatry, power, madness.
Pais:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/41069
Accés en línia:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/41069
Paraula clau:Brazilian Literature
Science
Psychiatry
power
madness
Literatura brasileña
ciencia
Psiquiatría
poder
locura