Ruins and memory: “Dois irmãos” and a “new” regionalism

Authors

  • Nádia Regina Barbosa da Silva Estácio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v12i23.33186

Keywords:

Identity. Difference. Memory. Regionalism

Abstract

The article is on the romance Dois Irmãos, by Milton Hatoum, which has as background the allegoric city of Manaus. The special focus of the analysis is on the identity relationships and the difference among people who live in the same house. However, this place of the family extends to the space of Manaus, the port on the margin of the river Rio Negro. The city and the river are metaphors of the ruins and the time, and follow the development of the family drama. There are nuances in this narrative that the author surrounds, in a different way and subtly, a classical approach of the Brazilian fiction: the regionalism. Based on the contributions of the urban classic references, modern and contemporary, incorporated by the Brazilian fiction, the author reexamines regional contents, composing a hybrid weave which maintains his sources alive. Therefore, he recovers a specific identity, and this process seems to prevent from a more radical multicultural transformation.

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Author Biography

Nádia Regina Barbosa da Silva, Estácio

Doutora em Literatura Comparada pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (2006) e mestra em Literatura Brasileira e Teorias da Literatura pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (2001). Possui graduação em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (1989), especialização em História Social pela Universidade Federal Fluminense. Cursou graduação em Economia pela Universidade Federal do Pará (1982). Atualmente é professora da Universidade Estácio de Sá, no curso de Letras. Tem experiência na área de Literatura Brasileira e Teorias da Literatura, com ênfase nos temas: contemporaneidade, pós-modernidade, subjetividade, globalização, violência e literatura, linguagem, educação e poesia.

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Published

2007-12-30

How to Cite

Silva, N. R. B. da. (2007). Ruins and memory: “Dois irmãos” and a “new” regionalism. Gragoatá, 12(23). https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v12i23.33186

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 23 (2007): Reinterpretations of tradition

Section

Language Articles

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