The representation of reality in “O Pintor de Retratos” and “A Margem Imóvel do Rio” , Luiz Antonio de Assis Brazil

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze two books of the writer Luiz Antonio de Assis Brazil whose main objective is to discuss the representation of reality in different languages. "O Pintor de Retratos" (2001) deals with the debate between photography and painting as funding instruments "objective" reality, from a plot that takes place in the late nineteenth century. In "A Margem Imóvel do Rio" (2004) the reality of the representation of the problem back to the Literature and History. Also set in the late nineteenth century, tells the story of the official chronicler of the court of Dom Pedro II, who travels to Rio Grande do Sul in search of Francisco da Silva, whom the emperor had promised a title of nobility. In addition to the themes of each book, the idea of this study is also discuss their own literary works of the author as producers of meaning(s) for the construction of a certain view on the representation of realities addressed.