In a few strokes
Alexandre Soares Carneiro He is a professor in the Department of Literary Theory at the Institute of Language Studies (IEL) at Unicamp. He has experience in the field of Letters, with an emphasis on Comparative Literature. He has supervised theses and published studies on Gil Vicente, Michel de Montaigne, courtly literature of the medieval and Renaissance periods, and modern essay writing. Since 2022, he has maintained the column "Em Poucos Traços" on [website/platform name - needs context]. Unicamp Journal.
A new tribute to literary education.
"It occurs to us to recall that Francis Bacon ("Of Studies") was the first to propose tasting as an image of the appreciation of texts; a natural unfolding of the old analogy between reading and food."
The power of words
"Associated, in the Hellenic world, with a musical performance, poetry would be the ultimate evidence of the enchanting power of words"
Sinful words
"More than ensuring the standard norm, or erecting useless barriers against neologisms, it is about recognizing the value of vocabulary for elaborate, precise and lively communication"
Beautiful as prose
Alexandre Carneiro: "Thus, good prose is direct. Advancing decisively, it fulfills its vocation."
The report as a literary object
"The texts thus offer a coherent and engaging stylistic and moral set, all the more so because they are punctuated by scathing comments"
The art of telling the truth
"An important value of the democratic city, [parrhesia] guaranteed citizens the right to express themselves freely in courts and assemblies."
The writer as architect
"Renaissance architecture suggests good similes for us to think of our texts as artifacts for an apt and elegant reflection."
Is it possible to teach the essay?
Alexandre Carneiro: "My discovery of the essay occurred through authors who, dedicating themselves to reflection on literature, themselves produced texts with literary value"
Praise for literary education (for those who write)
Alexandre Carneiro: "Writing, we all fall. We all fight a vain fight with words; but an inevitable fight, as Drummond said"
