Nada elementar, meu caro Watson: a identidade pós-moderna de Sherlock Holmes em O Xangô de Baker Street, de Jô Soares

Abstract

The present study investigates the characterization of Sherlock Holmes, in O Xangô de Baker Street, written by Jô Soares, as a post-modern identity, aiming to contribute to the appreciation of police literature and knowledge about cultural identity. For these purposes, firstly, the character's identity in his debut book, A study in scarlet, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is examined, seeking to establish relations with the historical, social and cultural context. Moreover, the same aspects are investigated in relation to the novel by Jô Soares and concepts required to understand the transformation of identity suffered by Holmes are approached. Finally, an analysis which integrates the character's position in O Xangô de Baker Street to the notion of cultural identity in post-modernity is carried out. Among the authors whose works were used to compose the theoretical basis, there are Giddens (1991), Mauro (1991), Bresciani (1992), Cuche (1999), Woodward (2000), Burke (2003), Del Priore, (2011, 2016), Hall (2015). From the results obtained, it is possible to consider that the cultural exchanges experienced by Sherlock Holmes were able to reframe his identity, making a postmodern subject out of him. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]