Abstract
This research aims to analyze comparatively the works "A hora e vez de Augusto Matraga" [The hour and time of Augusto Matraga] (1946) and "Os Irmãos Dagobé" [The Brothers Dagobé] (1962, by João Guimarães Rosa, in regard to the approaches between their characters and the ones of Christian and ancient tradition. These analogies, understood in the context of the thematic studies of narrative…