The concept of the posthumous and its emergence as a major theme of Machado’s literary production links the dissertation’s independent chapters in exploration of a tripartite topography 1) the canon of African American literature 2) the history of African diaspora peoples and 3) in his own life and writings. As soon as we bring questions such as these to the fore we see a new Machado de Assis appear, one who is a precursor of Jorge Luis Borges a precursor to that family of authors who always knew that writing is a byproduct of reading.Ībstract Posthumous Persona(r)e: Machado de Assis, Black Writing, and the African Diaspora Literary Apparatus analyzes the life writings of Machado de Assis (1839-1908) in light of the conditions of his critical reception and translation in English as a basis for scholarly production and pedagogy.
He narrates in order to propose narrative problems his oeuvre thus embodies a form whose content is the problematization of literature itself, its conditions of readability and the status of interpretation in the age of the printing press. Indeed, Machado seems to write (also) in order to think about literature. Machado de Assis is a very provocative writer, regardless of his geographical coordinates.
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Therefore, we should emphasize the circumstances of an author who boldly experimented with literary genres, freely appropriated the literary tradition, developed an irreverent rapport with the reader through a series of experiments with the narrative voice, attributed to the act of reading a central role in the act of writing, and played with the process of rewriting the text as the text is being written through the act of ironically commenting on the process of composition.
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Similarly, on the occasion of the release of his film, "Matchpoint," Woody Allen expressed his admiration for the author of "Dom Casmurro." Cultural supplements in newspapers and magazines have enthusiastically reprinted these encomiums for the author of "The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas." Is it possible that a “master on the periphery of capitalism”-to use Roberto Schwarz’s expression-can achieve full recognition in the “world republic of letters”-as Pascale Casanova calls the structure of the international literary marketplace? Casanova provides the answer: “Notwithstanding ecumenical ideology that presides over literary celebrations, writers insmall languages are apt to find themselves marginalized.” New readings of Machado’s work come to the fore when we discuss his legacy in a broader context. On a recent trip to Brazil, Salman Rushie confessed his appreciation of the workd of Machado de Assis. An in-depth look at how Machado de Assis affirms his uniqueness through the role of a reflective reader who eventually becomes a self-reflective author, whose text is primarily the written memory of his private library.
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