Authoritarianism and violence in Portuguese-language literatures: Graciliano Ramos, Branquinho da Fonseca and Luís Bernardo Honwana

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  • Keli Cristina Pacheco UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE PONTA GROSSA - UEPG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/abriluff.v10i20.29949

Keywords:

Comparative literature, Portuguese-language literature, violence.

Abstract

In this article we perform an exercise of comparative literature of the works Vidas Secas (1938, Barren Lives), by Graciliano Ramos, Nós matamos o Cão-Tinhoso (1964, We killed Mangy Dog), by Luís Bernardo Honwana, and Bandeira Preta (1956, Black Flag), by Branquinho da Fonseca, in order to think, mainly, about the presence of violence in their plots. The intention is not to establish a center of influence, as we are following Silviano Santiago’s request [2000(1971)], but to considerate some senses of those fictional constructions, notably what is related to language and the narrative form, from the comparative exercise. We also seek to peer how the characters receive the historical landscapes, or yet to identify how they resist to the violence present on those landscapes.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/abriluff.2018n20a446

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Author Biography

Keli Cristina Pacheco, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE PONTA GROSSA - UEPG

Doutora em Literatura, pela UFSC (2009). É professora adjunta de Teoria Literária e Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa no Departamento de Estudos da Linguagem e docente permanente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos da Linguagem, da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa - UEPG. 

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Published

2018-06-04

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Pacheco, K. C. (2018). Authoritarianism and violence in Portuguese-language literatures: Graciliano Ramos, Branquinho da Fonseca and Luís Bernardo Honwana. ABRIL – NEPA / UFF, 10(20), 49-65. https://doi.org/10.22409/abriluff.v10i20.29949

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Vol. 10 No. 20 (2018): Literature, violence and authoritarianism: confrontations

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