Name, Voice and Body as Elements of (Im)mortality in Murilo Rubião’s O pirotécnico Zacarias and in Jorge Amado’s A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro Dágua

Abstract

The article puts on the question of how name, voice, and body can be constituents of (im)mortality, and what role the posthumous empowerment of one's name and voice plays in storytelling. The considerations are exemplified by the stories O pirotecnico Zacarias by Murilo Rubião and A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro Dàgua by Jorge Amado.