Se Chico Buarque numa noite de inverno… Apologia do plágio em Budapeste||If on a Winter’s Night Chico Buarque… Apology for plagiarism in “Budapest”||If on a Winter’s Night Chico Buarque… Apology for plagiarism in “Budapest”

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A obra de Chico Buarque, considerada em todas as variedades de suas expressões, revela desde sempre a peculiar capacidade de tecer um intenso diálogo com as obras de outros autores. Obviamente, dependendo da perspectiva crítica, tal característica pode ser enaltecida como admirável vocação à intertextualidade ou, pelo contrário, estigmatizada como desdenhável propensão ao plágio. A partir de uma leitura comparada entre o seu terceiro romance, Budapeste (2006), e Se um viajante numa noite de inverno (1979), de Italo Calvino, pretendo propor uma reflexão sobre a ideia de plágio, evidenciando como o diálogo descontrolado e imprevisível entre livros, escritores e leitores seja um dos recursos mais preciosos e misteriosos da literatura.||The work of Chico Buarque, considered in the extraordi­nary variety of its expression, reveals since the beginning a peculiar ability to weave an intense dialogue with the works of other au­thors. Depending on the critical perspective employed, this feature can be praised as an admirable vocation to intertextuality, or stig­matized as a regrettable tendency to plagia­rism. Through a comparative reading of Chico Buarque’s third novel, Budapest (2006), and Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller (1979), the essay proposes a reflection on the idea of plagiarism highlighting how the uncon­trolled and unpredictable dialogue between books, writers and readers is one of the most precious and mysterious resources for literatu­re.||The work of Chico Buarque, considered in the extraordi­nary variety of its expression, reveals since the beginning a peculiar ability to weave an intense dialogue with the works of other au­thors. Depending on the critical perspective employed, this feature can be praised as an admirable vocation to intertextuality, or stig­matized as a regrettable tendency to plagia­rism. Through a comparative reading of Chico Buarque’s third novel, Budapest(2006), and Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller (1979), the essay proposes a reflection on the idea of plagiarism highlighting how the uncon­trolled and unpredictable dialogue between books, writers and readers is one of the most precious and mysterious resources for literatu­re.