Literature, memory and identity in ‘Infância’, by Graciliano Ramos
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https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v40i2.41030Keywords:
literature, memory, identity, ‘Infância’, Graciliano Ramos.Abstract
The purpose of this article is a reflection on literature and its relation to memory - individual and collective - and to identity. The literary works make use of memory for the constitution of fictional plots, seeking the source that supports the representation of reality. Memory, in turn, has direct relation with social and individual identities, since, through its exposition, it allows the elaboration of the image by which individuals are represented before themselves and others. The corpus of this study is the literary work Infância, published by Graciliano Ramos, in 1954, in which the author reports, through memories, his life from two years to eleven. The inductive analysis of the work is guided by constructs by authors such as Aristotle (2005), Paul Ricoeur (1994), Michael Pollak (1992), Fernando Catroga (2001) and Kathryn Woodward (2012) – all of which deal with aspects related to literature, memory and identity.
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