Repairing History and the Wrongs of Its Agents in O Regresso de Júlia Mann a Paraty
In this paper, I analyse Teolinda Gersão’s most recent book, O Regresso de Júlia Mann a Paraty (Júlia Mann’s Return to Paraty, 2021), through the concept of Black psychology developed by Wade W. Nobles. I intend to further elaborate on one of the novel’s central questions, posed by Sigmund Freud, th...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_7198 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/7198 2022-11-07T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/eyr6 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Repairing History and the Wrongs of Its Agents in O Regresso de Júlia Mann a Paraty Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Sousa, Sandra memória psicologia negra Sigmund Freud Thomas Mann Júlia Mann memory Black psychology Sigmund Freud Thomas Mann Júlia Mann In this paper, I analyse Teolinda Gersão’s most recent book, O Regresso de Júlia Mann a Paraty (Júlia Mann’s Return to Paraty, 2021), through the concept of Black psychology developed by Wade W. Nobles. I intend to further elaborate on one of the novel’s central questions, posed by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, whom Gersão (2021) turns into a fictional character-narrator: “can it be that we are unable to evolve in the ethical realm, just as we seem unable to love and feel compassion after all?” (p. 14). At the same time, dissect the wrongs of two of history’s most significant agents, both in the scientific and literary fields, the novel highlights. Intellectually influenced and influential, prominent figures in the history of literature, science, and thought in Gersão’s book were exposed for the same wrong: not critically questioning a world rooted in White hegemony, which erased the difference and dignity of the “other”. Drawing on Catherine Hall’s and Corinna McLeod’s work, among others, about writing history as a redressing process, I also demonstrate how O Regresso de Júlia Mann a Paraty engages in a critical and redeeming dialogue with the past reflected in the present. É meu objetivo neste espaço analisar o mais recente livro de Teolinda Gersão, O Regresso de Júlia Mann a Paraty (2021), à luz do conceito de psicologia negra desenvolvido por Wade W. Nobles. Pretendo, assim, complexificar uma das questões centrais do romance, proferida por Sigmund Freud, o pai da psicanálise, tornado por Gersão (2021) em personagem-narrador fictícia: “será possível que sejamos incapazes de progredir no plano ético, do mesmo modo que, afinal, parecemos incapazes de amor e compaixão?” (p. 14). Ao mesmo tempo, pretendo também desconstruir o que o romance nos aponta como os erros de dois dos mais significativos agentes da história, tanto no campo científico como no literário. Influenciados e influenciadores intelectualmente, as grandes figuras da história literária, científica e do pensamento presentes no livro de Gersão foram alvo do mesmo lapso: o não questionamento crítico de um mundo apoiado na hegemonia branca, em que a diferença e a dignidade do “outro” foram rasuradas. Basendo-me no trabalho de Catherine Hall e Corinna McLeod, entre outros, sobre o processo da escrita da história como um processo reparatório demonstro ainda como O Regresso de Júlia Mann a Paraty efetua um diálogo crítico e reparador com o passado que se espelha no presente. |
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In this paper, I analyse Teolinda Gersão’s most recent book, O Regresso de Júlia Mann a Paraty (Júlia Mann’s Return to Paraty, 2021), through the concept of Black psychology developed by Wade W. Nobles. I intend to further elaborate on one of the novel’s central questions, posed by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, whom Gersão (2021) turns into a fictional character-narrator: “can it be that we are unable to evolve in the ethical realm, just as we seem unable to love and feel compassion after all?” (p. 14). At the same time, dissect the wrongs of two of history’s most significant agents, both in the scientific and literary fields, the novel highlights. Intellectually influenced and influential, prominent figures in the history of literature, science, and thought in Gersão’s book were exposed for the same wrong: not critically questioning a world rooted in White hegemony, which erased the difference and dignity of the “other”. Drawing on Catherine Hall’s and Corinna McLeod’s work, among others, about writing history as a redressing process, I also demonstrate how O Regresso de Júlia Mann a Paraty engages in a critical and redeeming dialogue with the past reflected in the present. |
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