The Hour of the Star Through Media Lenses: A Tribute to Clarice Lispector (1920-2020)

Authors

  • Gilberto Alves Araújo Federal University of Pará, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Eliene Rodrigues Sousa Federal Institute of Tocantins, Federal University of Tocantins
  • Raquel da Silva Lopes Federal University of Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n79a17

Keywords:

Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star, critique, reception, Latin American literature

Abstract

The criticisms of Clarice Lispector’s The Hour of the Star (1977) were analyzed by (re) evaluating its relevance and the legacy of its author. After a critical review of the texts in popular publications, it was found that, in Brazil, the debates about the novel were centered between explicitness and introspection, social commitment and aesthetic sublimation. Foreign critics, on the other hand, raised Lispector’s ability to reach diverse audiences and the readability of her work, including disputes over her prestige as an author among other great writers and the relevance of her compositions.

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Author Biographies

Gilberto Alves Araújo, Federal University of Pará, University of the Witwatersrand

Ph.D. Candidate and Assistant Professor at the School of Literature, Language and Media, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa; Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Letters, Federal University of Pará - UFPA (Brazil).

Eliene Rodrigues Sousa, Federal Institute of Tocantins, Federal University of Tocantins

Junior Lecturer at the Division of Language and Literature, Federal Institute of Tocantins - IFTO (Brazil); Ph.D. Candidate at the Postgraduate Program in Language and Literature Teaching, Federal University of Tocantins – UFT (Brazil).

Raquel da Silva Lopes, Federal University of Pará

Associate professor and researcher in discourse analysis and sociolinguistics at the Department of Countryside Education, Faculty of Etnodiversity, Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Brazil.

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Published

2021-04-15

How to Cite

Alves Araújo, G., Rodrigues Sousa, E., & da Silva Lopes, R. (2021). The Hour of the Star Through Media Lenses: A Tribute to Clarice Lispector (1920-2020). Lingüística Y Literatura, 42(79), 314–335. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n79a17