Romeu e Julieta no palco dos pecadores: um diálogo entre Shakespeare, Athayde e Suassuna.

Abstract

This article seeks to trace a reading of Romeo and Juliet through three perspectives: Shakespeare's theater, João Martins de Athayde's poetry and Ariano Suassuna's prose. Through the reading of the contemporary novel Dom Pantero, by Suassuna, we investigate the use of intertextuality as a practice of reading and literary writing that makes multiple voices and memories intertwine in the text. By bringing the Suasunian text closer to other versions of the tragedy, we verify the aesthetic use of the intertext as a central aspect in Dom Pantero, a literary mark that enacts, on the stage of the novel, the historical multiplicity of universal literature.