Mobilidade social em Orgulho e preconceito, de Jane Austen, e Senhora, de José de Alencar

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to promote a dialogue between the novels Pride and Prejudice by the English writer, Jane Austen, and “Senhora”, written by the Brazilian writer José de Alencar from the Comparative Literature point of view of social mobility. Each novel is extremely relevant to the comprehension of the English and Brazilian societies the period in which the books were written. In the first chapter, we present the historical context that influenced the authors, considering the influence of the Georgian era in the work of Jane Austen, besides her strange choice not to join the Romanticism in vogue at the time. We highlight the Bourgeois Romance and its influences in the work of José de Alencar. In the second chapter, we present a comparison between both novels and their main characters based on the book Comparative Literature, by Sandra Nitrini. The third chapter presents an inter-semiotic dialogue between the 2005 movie Pride and Prejudice, directed by Joe Wright and the novel written by Jane Austen. It also brings an inter-semiotic dialogue between the 1976 movie ”Senhora”, directed by Geraldo Vietri, and the novel written by José de Alencar. Both dialogues aim to elucidate the specifications of literary narrative and filmic narrative.