ABSTRACT
This work aims at bringing Mikhail Bakhtin’s philosophical perspective closer to Clarice Lispector’s literary style. A Bakhtinian approach can be noticed in the “answerable act” notion portrayed in the chronicle-tale “Mineirinho” which, in addition to dislodging us and inviting us to ponder over our being and living in life’s movement, calls upon us to think in the world and the world itself experienced and shared with the other, in an active and participative way.
KEYWORDS:
Answerable act; Mineirinho; Surplus field of vision; Aesthetic empathy