The Neo-Baroque in Valter Hugo Mãe's “The Spanish Making Machine”

Abstract

In this paper we will address the question of whether in contemporary literature the baroque or the neobaroque can be found as a literary style. We will analyze the work of Valter Hugo Mãe, “A máquina de fazer espanhóis”. We will start with a biography of the author, because we understand that there is an implication of the empirical author in the textual author, namely because the reflection about old age, illness and death is made by a healthy young man. Next, we will briefly review the state of the art. Another one about the narrative. We will look in this text for characteristics of the novel under analysis that we understand to be of baroque genesis. So that we can conclude whether or not the work “The Spanish Making Machine” is neo-baroque.