Amar, Verbo Intransitivo

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Amar, Verbo Intransitivo is a modernist Brazilian novel by Mário de Andrade that explores themes of love, sexuality, and bourgeois morality through the story of a German governess hired to initiate a young man into adult life.

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Amar, Verbo Intransitivo canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Mário de Andrade ⓘ
character Carlos ⓘ
Carlos's parents ⓘ
Fräulein ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Brazil ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre erotic fiction ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasFemaleLeadCharacter Fräulein ⓘ
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Amar, verbo intransitivo ⓘ
languageVariant Brazilian Portuguese ⓘ
literaryMovement Brazilian Modernism ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian modernism
mainTheme bourgeois morality ⓘ
initiation into adult life ⓘ
love ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor exploration of erotic education within a bourgeois family context ⓘ
use of modernist narrative techniques ⓘ
originalLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
plotSummary A bourgeois family hires a German governess to initiate their adolescent son into adult life and sexuality. ⓘ
protagonist Carlos ⓘ
setting São Paulo ⓘ
subject emotional consequences of arranged erotic relationships ⓘ
family honor ⓘ
governess–pupil relationship ⓘ
sexual initiation ⓘ
theme class and bourgeois hypocrisy ⓘ
conflict between desire and social conventions ⓘ
education of sentiment ⓘ
emotional detachment and attachment ⓘ
female sexuality ⓘ

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Mário de Andrade → notableWork → Amar, Verbo Intransitivo ⓘ