Abstract
Memorial de Aires is founded on the activation of the narrator's memory and reproduces the memory of Machado de Assis, which feeds on artistic productions of predecessors and contemporaries, challenging the reader to access the repertoire of his own library to reflect on the contribution of the intertextual references to the meaning of the narrative and to the manifestation of the critical position of the writer. For that matter, the article places the writer in the cultural context of the second half of the nineteenth century and correlates the production of the diary with his aesthetic experiences, concluding that intertextual references reproduce the critical activity of Machado de Assis, which is integrated into the multiple and unlimited dimension of literature, combining adherence to the literary tradition and its transformation.
Keywords:
Machado de Assis; Counselor Ayres’ Memorial; intertextual relationships; music; aesthetic positioning