\Viver em paz com a humanidade inteira\: Infância, by Graciliano Ramos, and the construction of the self

Author(s)

Cristiana Tiradentes Boaventura

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2013-08-15

Examining board members

Luiz Dagobert de Aguirra Roncari; Cilza Carla Bignotto; Erwin Torralbo Gimenez; Anita Martins Rodrigues de Moraes; Yudith Rosenbaum

• Advisor: Luiz Dagobert de Aguirra Roncari

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the book Infância, by Gracilano Ramos. The proposed approach underlies the experiences the boy had at the junction of issues concerning violence, non-violence and literary expression. It is our understanding that the building of memories involves tensions and ambiguities which are present in the books temporal articulation, but at the same time it also incorporates a certain reconciling dimension as one of the narrators distinguishing identity marks. We investigate how the signification of the self is elaborated, so as the meaning imparted on the experiences eventually converge to introduce a way of acting and intervening in the world, aesthetically fighting in favor of peace and culture. (AU)