Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: NADJARA THAYS TEIXEIRA MARTINS

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : NADJARA THAYS TEIXEIRA MARTINS
DATE: 07/08/2024
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: UFRN - Plataforma Google Meet
TITLE:

THE ABSENT HERO: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER SEYMOUR IN THE GLASS FAMILY SHORT STORIES CYCLE BY J. D. SALINGER

KEY WORDS:

 Short Story Cycle; Character; Glass family; Seymour Glass; J. D. Salinger.

PAGES: 89
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literatura Comparada
SUMMARY:

In J.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (1948), widely regarded as a seminal piece of 20th-century literature, readers accompany young Seymour Glass on a sunny day in Florida, culminating in his sudden and enigmatic suicide in the story's final lines. Often viewed as a standalone work, when considered alongside other Salinger pieces featuring the Glass family, Bananafish takes on a more distinct shape. This dissertation argues that Bananafish belongs to a short story cycle, a collection of “independent and interdependent” short stories that share common characters, structure, themes, narrators, and events, including "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" (1955), "Seymour An Introduction" (1959), and "Hapworth 16, 1924" (1965). Drawing from Comparative Literature, the study commences with a survey of categories such as characters, short stories, and Salinger’s critical reception, adopting the heuristic of short story cycle analysis proposed by Forrest Ingram (1971) and Jens Eder's character development framework. Preliminary findings indicate that Seymour's "absent presence" is pivotal in constructing a unified universe of the Glass family, allowing Salinger to delve into themes like alienation, innocence, and the fragmentation of the modern individual. Moreover, this research offers valuable insights into Salinger's criticism and Brazilian literary studies by exploring previously uncharted territory, such as the short story cycle.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 3351552 - ROSANNE BEZERRA DE ARAUJO
Externa à Instituição - ELIZETE ALBINO FERREIRA - PUC-Goiás
Externo à Instituição - CAETANO WALDRIGUES GALINDO - UFPR