Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2021

Publication Title

Journal of Lusophone Studies

Abstract

This essay studies the ways in which Amazonian artist Roberto Evangelista’s art installation Ritos de Passagem served as Brazilian author Luiz Ruffato’s structural and thematic model for his revolutionary book Eles eram muitos cavalos. According to Ruffato’s interpretation, Evangelista’s installation represents a tangible, three-dimensional form that renders socioeconomic hardship and impoverishment within a consumer-ravaged society. In applying this model to Ruffato’s work of fiction, this essay aims to emphasize his focus on formal and narrative innovations within what Anne Ring Petersen defines as a “multiperspectival approach.” This approach allows Ruffato’s text to take on threedimensional volume and invite the participatory action of the viewer/reader.

Keywords

three-dimensional, multiperspectival, participatory, art installation, formal innovation

Volume

6

Issue

2

Comments

Archived as published.

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