RessurreiÃÃo and Acenos e afagos: a study of masculinities in FÃlix and JoÃo Imaculado.

Analisando as representaÃÃes das masculinidades em sua relaÃÃo com a sexualidade e com o gÃnero, evidenciadas nos personagens FÃlix, do romance RessurreiÃÃo (1871/2005), de Machado de Assis, e JoÃo Imaculado, do romance Acenos e afagos (2008), de JoÃo Gilberto Noll, esta dissertaÃÃo tem como objetivo compreender, nessas narrativas, as manifestaÃÃes de diferentes representaÃÃes da masculinidade no final do sÃculo XIX e inÃcio do sÃculo XXI. Nesse sentido, o estudo comparado dessas narrativas permite tambÃm compreender seus vÃnculos com a sociedade, em diferentes contextos histÃricos e culturais, como aqui se pretendeu evidenciar estudando as significaÃÃes do nome prÃprio, do casamento, da famÃlia e da profissÃo nos dois romances.Analyzing representations of masculinities in its relation to sexuality and gender, evidenced in the characters FÃlix, of the novel RessurreiÃÃo (1871/2005), by Machado de Assis, and JoÃo Imaculado, of the novel Acenos e afagos (2008), by JoÃo Gilberto Noll, this dissertation aims to understand, in these narratives, expressions of different representations of masculinity at the end of the 19th century and start of the 21st century. Accordingly, the comparative study of these narratives allows also to understand its links with the society, in different historical and cultural contexts, as it was intended to highlight here studying the meanings of the own name, the marriage, the family and the profession in the two novels