Abstract:
The behavior inaugurated by Miguel de Cervantes’ archetypal narrative, Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605/1615), echoes in innumerable modern western narratives. Among these, we can point out the performances of two Brazilian protagonists: Vitorino, of Fogo Morto (1943), by José Lins do Rego, and Ponciano de Azeredo Furtado, of O coronel e o lobisomem (1964) by José Cândido de Carvalho. The present study starts from Cervantes' narrative and, through it, establishes contact points with the Brazilian novels, in order to verify to what extent the Brazilian protagonists return to the mode of acting – immortalized under the conception of Quixotism – of the Cervantes’ hero.
Keywords:
Character; Ponciano de Azeredo; Quixotism; Vitorino