%0 Journal Article
%T Necessidade hist¨®rica e a£¿£¿o humana em Morte e vida severina
%A Melo Filho
%A Djalma Agripino de
%J Hist¨®ria, Ci¨ºncias, Sa¨²de-Manguinhos
%D 1996
%I Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0104-59701996000300003
%X using the essential elements oftragic action described in aristotles poetics, tbe text compares jo£¿o cabral de melo neto's morte e vida severina to sopbocles oedipus rex witb tbepurpose ofbringing to light tbe tension tbat exists between buman necessity and buman action. it is an eminently epidemiologicalfact tbat draws a link between tbese two works. in morte e vida severina, tbe causa efficiens behind severino's decision to migrate is afamine; in oedipus rex, aplagne afflicting tbe inbabitants ofthebes is tbe event tbat hastens discovery ofking lainss tnie assassin. it is a reflection on tbefinalis and formalis canses behind severino's and oedipus's movements and on tbe essential elements oftragic action tbat allows a transitory falsification or, betterput, a rejection oftbe hypotbesis that morte e vida severina is a tragedy, at least not in aristotelian terms.
%K epidemiology
%K literature
%K greek tragedy
%K philosophy of history.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-59701996000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en