Brazilian Academic and Literary Stupidity

Authors

  • Fabio Akcelrud Durão Universidade de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18309/anp.v1i43.1053

Keywords:

Stupidity, University, Literature

Abstract

This text scrutinizes Brazilian academic stupidity, focusing especially on the field of Literary Studies. Methodologically, it suggests that the proper object of investigation should be the processes that generate stupidity, rather than on specific manifestations of it. As far as such processes are concerned, three are discussed, namely: 1. the origin of Brazilian research universities as developmentalist projects; 2. a misleading social representation of the field of Letters; and 3. the consequences of a scientificist approach to dealing with literature.

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Author Biography

Fabio Akcelrud Durão, Universidade de Campinas

Fabio Akcelrud Durão: Doutor em Literatura (2003) pela Duke University, EUA. Mestre em Teoria e História Literária (1997) pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Graduado em Português-Inglês (1994) pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Professor livre docente do Departamento de Teoria Literária da Unicamp. Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil. E-mail: fadurao@yahoo.com

Published

2017-02-03

How to Cite

Durão, F. A. (2017). Brazilian Academic and Literary Stupidity. Revista Da Anpoll, 1(43), 19–33. https://doi.org/10.18309/anp.v1i43.1053

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Section

SEÇÃO LITERATURA