Sociological Reflections Re-Reading the Literary Character of Tarzan

Literary narratives increasingly enrich sociological reflections by amplifying their intuitive scope. Literature becomes a new source for the sociologist, a sort of drawer of useful information that leads him to the re-articulation of a discourse, a reflection, a study. In this work the Author will refer to Burroughs and his work Tarzan of the Apes (1914). Tarzan is a classic character of literature that, starting from the concept of diversity and wonder of nature, co-constructs together with sociological knowledge the new thought of social justice and sustainability; it raises questions on the true meaning of civilization, racism, perception and acceptance of the other, the man-nature partition and, suddenly, an invented character indicates a different way to rearticulate a theme and becomes a source of knowledge .In this work, the data, the story, are not manipulated, but the data and the story are used to strengthen specific forms of sociological argumentation, so, I can say, that the narration becomes sociologically relevant. Keywords: literature, diversity, man-nature partition, wonder