Caminhos metodológicos de aproximação entre Bíblia e literatura a partir de Gérard Genette em obras machadianas

The texts, considered sacred by several religious groups, such as the Bible, served as a basis for plots and themes in several literary works. Thus, the present article sets out to dialogue about the methodology for understanding textual relations based on Gérard Genette’s theory of transtextuality in the analysis of literary and biblical texts. Genette seeks to analyze the transcendence of the text, and the relationship that includes what goes beyond the textual unity. The article will focus on presenting and defining the 178 Weverton Castro; César Martins de Souza Estudos de Religião, v. 34, n. 3 • 177-203 • set.-dez. 2020 • ISSN Impresso: 0103-801X – Eletrônico: 2176-1078 theory of transtextuality with its divisions and subdivisions, and then analyzing these concepts in the literary works of Machado de Assis, which dialogued significantly with the biblical texts.