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Up the river, into the dark: textual play and dystopian gloom in Joca Reiners Terron’s A morte e o meteoro

Ilha do Desterro, 2023-05, Vol.76 (2), p.115-133 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Up the river, into the dark: textual play and dystopian gloom in Joca Reiners Terron’s A morte e o meteoro
Author: Cardoso, André Cabral de Almeida
Subjects: adventure novel ; American history ; apocalyptic and dystopian fiction ; Colonialism ; Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924) ; Culture ; Dystopias ; Gothic fiction ; Heart of Darkness ; LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS ; LITERATURE, AMERICAN ; LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES ; Novels ; pop culture ; Popular culture ; Psychosis ; Science fiction & fantasy ; textual appropriation ; Traditions ; Violence ; Walpole, Horace (1717-1797)
Is Part Of: Ilha do Desterro, 2023-05, Vol.76 (2), p.115-133
Description: The dystopian character of Joca Reiners Terron’s A morte e o meteoro (2019) is indissociable from its critique of colonialism. But while the novel makes frequent references to the violent methods of exploitation that characterized American colonization, it mostly relies on allusions to different literary traditions—including gothic fiction, the adventure novel, and science fiction—in its depiction of colonialism. The dialogue with Heart of Darkness plays a significant role in A morte e o meteoro, which to a large extent is a critical rereading of Conrad’s novella. This article examines how this appropriation of textual and cultural paradigms shapes the dystopian outlook of the novel, while also offering alternatives to the hopelessness that defines its fictional world.
Publisher: Florianópolis: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC Centro de Comunicação e Expressão
Language: English;Portuguese
Identifier: ISSN: 0101-4846
ISSN: 2175-8026
EISSN: 2175-8026
DOI: 10.5007/2175-8026.2023.e92681
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Up the river, into the dark: textual play and dystopian gloom in Joca Reiners Terron’s A morte e o meteoro

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