%0 Journal Article %T Sobre um retrato vivo de Kleist %A Pompeu %A Douglas %J Pandaemonium Germanicum %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1982-88372011000200004 %X the purpose of this paper is to present a discussion of some of the main characteristics of robert walser's short story kleist in thun, in an attempt to reflect on how the literary text can establish a dialogue with tradition. this is achieved by the fictionalisation of the character of a real author, more specifically by the narrative genre often used by walser: the portrayal. %K heinrich von kleist %K robert walser %K german literature %K intertextuality. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1982-88372011000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en