Parábase permanente: panorama da ironia romântica de Friedrich Schlegel

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Taking account of Friedrich Schlegel’s important contribution for the theory of the german Romanticism, this paper aims to present an overview about the romantic irony, key concept of Schlegel’s thinking and cornerstone of the romantic movement with repercutions beyond Europe. Therefore, aiming to build visibility around this relatively unexplored concept in brazilian literary studies, we propose a review of Schlegel’s theories recorded in the fragments of Lyceum and Athenaeum magazines, as well as a revisitation of other conceptions that surround the romantic irony: parabasis, buffoonery, autocreation, autoannihilation and autolimitation. Besides, for a better undestanding of the complex nuances of the romantic irony, we’ll trace a simple timeline of the concept of irony starting in the Ancient Greece, traveling through medieval times up until the conceiving of Schlegel’s theory. With that in mind, we’ll make use of the theoretical studies of Cuddon (1999), Volobuef (1999) and Medeiros (2014; 2015).

KEYWORDS: Romantic irony. Friedrich Schlegel. Romanticism.