PARATEXTUAL ELEMENTS IN DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA AND THE POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF BRÁS CUBAS

Abstract

The present article consists of a reflection that recognizes the paratext around the dimensions of a book edited in the same product and located outside that environment. This is a reason to associate the graphic modifications linked to the main text with other editing forms. The objective is to think of the mentioned literature from the elements of the book that assume a significant connection in reading, but sometimes become unnoticed by the public; thus, the paratextual disposition that reinforces the approximation of the cover, the author, and the publisher with the reader will be observed from the epitext that circulates in digital advertising. The paratextual material takes into account the divisions named by the terms peritext and epitext, following the point of view of Gérard Genette. The selected literary corpus concerns the versions of Dom Quixote de La Mancha (two volumes written by Miguel de Cervantes) and Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (written by Machado de Assis) in print and digital re-releases.