Machado de Assis: summary and analysis of the author’s main works

More than a hundred years after his death, Machado de Assis remains timeless. Consult summaries and analyzes of his most famous works and prepare for the tests

The greatest name in Brazilian literature, Machado de Assis left an immense legacy to the country. There are dozens of works that reveal our past, but also aspects of society – and of human nature itself – which have remained intact. For this reason he continues to be read and reread more than a century after his death.

“A great writer is precisely the one who knows how to write a text of such complexity that that text continues to make sense for many years, for many generations of readers”, he evaluates Hélio de Seixas Guimarães, professor of the Literature course at USP and editor of the online magazine Machado de Assis, in an interview with the Jornal da USP. For him, the Wizard of the Old Cosme it is the greatest Brazilian example in this sense, because it continues to impose a “permanent challenge” on its readers.

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Given Machado’s prominence, it’s no surprise that, year after year, he continues to appear on the lists of required work in the country’s biggest college entrance exams. Even Enem, who does not require specific reading, has addressed the writer’s books on various themes over the years.

To help you prepare for the entrance exams – and, of course, to get closer to the greatest Brazilian author – the STUDENT’S GUIDE has created a selection of the summaries and analyzes that we have already published of Machado de Assis’ books. Watch!

• Summary and analysis of the novel “Old house“
• Summary and analysis of the novel “Dom Casmurro“
• Summary and analysis of the story “Medallion theory“
• Review and podcast of the novel”Quincas Borba“
• Summary and analysis of the story “The mirror“
• Summary and analysis of the story “Bonzo’s secret“
• Summary and analysis of the story “The alienist“
• Summary and analysis of the story “Loose papers“
• Summary and analysis of the novel “The posthumous memoirs of Bras Cubas“

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Source: Terra

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