RUBIÃO, ENEMY OF HIMSELF: A STUDY ON INNER-SELF REPRESENTATION IN MACHADO DE ASSIS'S QUINCAS BORBA

Abstract This article purposes a critical study about Machado de Assis's Quincas Borba by considering the discursive interconnection between the protagonist, Rubião, and the narrator. Therefore, we compare two versions of the novel: the serial version, published in A Estação (1886-1891), and the book version, published in 1891. Differences between the two suggest that free indirect speech is essential to the author's writing process, whose narrative technique suggests the modern objectifying of men by men.