Diálogos da Mitologia Grega com os contos ‘Petúnia’, ‘O convidado’ e ‘O lodo’, de Murilo Rubião

Abstract

In this work, we analyze the short stories “Petúnia”, “O Convidado” and “O Lodo”, written by Murilo Rubião, observing the presence of Greek Mythology from the perspective of the Intertextuality Theory. We aimed at finding the Greek myths which correspond to the references given by the author, the connection between the myths and the short stories, and the contribution of Greek mythology provided the author’s writing. Initially, the journey of Greek mythology since its presence in the oral culture until its settlement in literary texts that were chosen to use as a comparative was observed. Then, a brief path of the Intertextuality Theory was accomplished, being explored in the following chapters. Next the aspects of the short stories with the myths selected were paired, suggesting the myths used for the reading proposed. Finally, by means of Intertextuality, we analyzed the way how the myth was used by Rubião and how, when observing these myths, a different reading and a review of the short stories and also of the Greek myths is possible. We concluded, from the reading of the Greek myths, that the perception with Rubião’s short stories is possible by means of intertextuality, and also that such influence not only brings these myths to our century, but it also renews them. The self affects not only the reading of the short story but also of the myth that, now, under a new perspective of reading, might be reviewed and expanded in its understanding.