Aceita-me ou te devoro: o trânsito entre os sexos como danação em Samuel Rawet

Aceita-me ou te devoro: The Exchange between genders and damnation to Samuel Rawet

Abstract

Samuel Rawet was a Brazilian Jewish writer divided himself between literature and engineer. He wrote countless essays and short stories in which he presented or discussed the subject of homosexuality. His novels dialog directly with his essays when he talks about subject that he is obsessed, to use the author’s own words. I propose to analyze one of these subjects, the homosexual question based on his article “Homossexualismo: sexualidade e valor”, published on 1970, in dialogue with his novels. The short stories here studied suggest the same question: the body as an ethical place. However, the article takes as its basis the observation of the philosopher Didier Eribon that it would not be possible to move the limits of human freedom out of hegemonic places. Considering the review and literature as a hegemonic manifestation, Samuel Rawet had the intention to extend this limits.