MACHADO DE ASSIS AND THE TRADITION OF MENIPEAN SATIRE

Abstract

This work aims to elaborate a small excerpt about the work of Machado de Assis, mainly about three of his novels from his so-called mature phase: Posthumous Memories of Brás Cubas, Dom Casmurro, and Quincas Borba, to present them as representatives of a genre recognized as "Menipeian satire", having as its main exponent the Roman writer Lucian of Samosata (120-180 AD) for comparison between the respective techniques and the intentions of both,  and through this, highlight some other classic allegories ("carnivalization") listed by the realist author as the narrative strategy that made him supplant his contemporaries and subsequent authors until the present day.