A presença da psicanálise na obra de Machado de Assis

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the presence of psychoanalytical concepts in the work of Machado de Assis, searching for confluences between literature and psychoanalysis. For this we used the descriptors "Machado de Assis"; and "psychoanalysis" from the BVS Psicologia Brasil database with the aim of performing a systemic review. In the articles selected, a new research was carried out, aiming to establish a framework of key words relevant to the specifically psychoanalytical question and the division of the themes presented in the articles into categories of analysis. The categories were established according to the works analyzed by the authors or the objectives of the articles found. It was concluded that Machado's work is filled with terms and concepts also addressed in Freud's work and investigated by the authors analyzed. Among the topics studied, we highlight the comparison and attempt to understand psychoanalytic topics; the social and cultural analysis of the 19th century society; and the theme of the "double", the outer and inner soul in the tale "O espelho."