Roberto Schwarz
Roberto Schwarz (born August 20, 1938 in Vienna ) is a Brazilian literary critic , author and literary theorist .
Life
Roberto Schwarz studied social science at the Universidade de São Paulo University and from 1958 to 1959 took part in a seminar on Karl Marx ' Das Kapital , in which the future Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso , his wife Ruth Cardoso , José Arthur Giannotti , Fernando Novais , Paul Singer , Octavio Ianni , Bento Prado Jr. , Francisco Weffort , Michael Löwy and Gabriel Bolaffi discussed together. He graduated in 1960 from his Masters at Yale University in the USA in 1963. In 1969 Roberto Schwarz went into exile in Paris and received his doctorate in Latin American studies from the Université de Paris III in 1976.
Since the late 1970s he has written several monographs and plays and has worked as a translator. Roberto Schwarz was professor for literary theory and comparative literary studies at the USP until 1968 and at the UNICAMP University from 1978 to 1992. In 2005 he took part in the literary festival Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty .
Books
- A Sereia eo Desconfiado . Rio de Janeiro, 1965.
- Ao Vencedor as Batatas: Forma literária e processo social nos inícios do romance brasileiro . São Paulo:, 1977.
- O Pai de Família e outros estudos . Rio de Janeiro, 1978.
- Os Pobres na Literatura Brasileira . São Paulo, 1983.
- Que Horas Sao? São Paulo, 1987.
- To Mestre na Periferia do Capitalismo: Machado de Assis . São Paulo, 1990. ( A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism: Machado de Assis . Trans. John Gledson. Durham: Duke University Press, 2002.)
- Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture . with an introduction by John Gledson. London, 1992.
- Duas Meninas . Sao Paulo, 1997.
- Seqüências Brasileiras . São Paulo, 1999.
- Cultura e Política, 1964–1969. Rio de Janeiro, 2001.
Poems and plays
- Pássaro na Gaveta . São Paulo: Massao Ohno, 1959. (Poems)
- Corações Veteranos . Rio de Janeiro: Coleção Frenesi, 1974. (Poems)
- A Lata de Lixo da História . Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra, 1977. (theater)
literature
- Carmen Oquendo-Villar: RFK Professor Roberto Schwarz. The "Misplaced" Intellectual. In: DRCLAS News , David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Winter 2000, pp. 45-46. (PDF; English).
Web links
- Literature by and about Roberto Schwarz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with the university magazine Pesquisa Fapesp
- Interview with Roberto Schwarz about Anatol Rosenfeld at the Latin America Institute in Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Black, Roberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian literary critic, author and literary theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |