Erotismo, velhice e conhecimento em O amor nos tempos de cólera.

Abstract

The present dissertation intends to analyze the subject of eroticism in Love in times of cholera, by Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer. In this study, eroticism is considered as an essentially human manifestation and fundamental for all individuals, responsible for engendering a totalizing knowledge about man and his existence. The erotic concepts herein adopted are based on the concepts of such theoretical thinkers as Georges Bataille, Francesco Alberoni and Michel Maffesoli, where the stances of the first one stand out, especially with regard to the categories of transgression and interdiction. As the work in question addresses the theme of aging, the concepts of Simone de Beauvoir and Ricardo Iacub, regarding the treatment bestowed on old age over the years, are also taken into consideration in this study. Based on these theoretical concepts, an analysis is conducted on the said novel, published in 1985, highlighting literary aspects which give evidence on the chosen theme, underlining the predominance of eroticism and its modalities, which include body, heart and sacred eroticism, and the knowledge it produces.