‘Somnium versus scientia’: writing and memory in lucio’s confession

Abstract

The beginning of the twentieth century manifests itself as a time of dissent towards the traditional forms of knowledge, such as philosophy, science and writing itself. Investing in the fields of dream and mystery, the litera­ture of this epoch rejects the scientific, positivist logic, clamoring for new values. The aim of this paper is to read A Confissão de Lúcio, by Mário de Sá-Carneiro, as a narrative that understands memory as a dreamlike dis­course opposed to scientific rationality.