Don Juan : um estudo do mito e a sua configuração em Don Juan (narrado por ele mesmo), de Peter Handke.

Abstract

This dissertation brings an analysis of Don Juan (narrated by himself), written by Austrian author Peter Handke, still little known in Brazil, but with expressive notoriety in Europe. The thematic Don Juan approached by a controversialist writer known for his unusual literary style spurred the search for verisimilitude of textual elements in other works dealing with the same theme. In order to counter-argument the interpretative analysis, the texts of Tirso de Molina, Molière and Mozart were explored as they are considered the most popular and significant for the study of myth Don Juan. The work is divided in three parts. In the first part, a brief history of myth Don Juan: its conceptualization, the insertion of Don Juan as myth, some controversial interpretations from the point of view of Mircea Eliade, Joseph Campbell, Ernst Cassirer, Ramiro de Maeztu, Gregorio Marañon, among others. The second part brings a synthesis of the life and works of Peter Handke, as well as the influence of war on his character, his first controversial essays, its deconstruction of linguistic text, the obsession by reflections caused by readings, his love to language, his worries to show the world as he sees through language. As a third part, are demonstrated the stylistic techniques used by the author such as the intense use of repetitions, its relationship with landscapes, the metaphorical resources that will be incurred on the elements of similarity with the works of Tirso, Molière and Mozart. The last section presents the main aspects raised in this study demonstrating the initial thesis that Don Juan (narrated by himself) incorporates the myth and renews it through the irreverent and fantastic style of Peter Handke.