O hibridismo de gêneros nos contos de Maria Lúcia Medeiros

Abstract

The idea of the present work came from a study of Maria Lúcia Medeiros‟ short stories (two of them, precisely: “Miss Doris” and “Mentiras e Verdades no Mesmo Chão”). We believe that Maria Lúcia is a writer of a time when the literary genres‟ characteristics have overcome limits and rules: her short stories are multi-characterized, written in a type of lyric prose or even dramatic-lyric prose. Therefore, we intend, with this work, to do primarily a historic of the literary genres, studying their evolution as a theoretical concept since the first studies about literary texts – since Plato, Aristotle, Horatio, Victor Hugo – until those from the contemporary historical context – such as Käte Hamburger, Northrop Frye, Emil Staiger. We will approach the genres‟ role in the study of (non-traditional) short-stories, such as the ones written by Maria Lúcia Medeiros. We raised, therefore, some question that guided this work: what is understood by literary genres hybridism? Are Maria Lúcia Medeiros‟ short stories hybrid? In what way this hybridism happens? What is a short-story? How are Maria Lúcia‟s short stories built? We understand that this writer‟s short stories are hybrid, because they share diverse literary genres‟ characteristics in addition to dialoguing with others literary texts and with other arts. We will do, in this work, a reading of two Maria Lúcia‟s short stories – besides small readings of three of her books (Zeus ou a menina e os óculos, Velas. Por quem? and Céu Caótico). It is valid to point out that besides existing for many decades, the subject in matter here (the literary genres) cannot be considered concluded. Because there still is a lot of discussion surrounding this them, it is pertinent to develop a study about it, especially in the texts of a priceless writer: Maria Lúcia Medeiros.