A terra dos meninos pelados e o estado de exceção: um projeto estético graciliânico

Abstract

Graciliano Ramos, canon author of Brazilian literature, is more recognized for his adult literary productions, such as “Vidas Secas”, “São Bernardo”, “Memórias do Cárcere”. However, Ramos also left to his readers, narratives aimed at children's audiences, such as “Histórias de Alexandre”, “A terra dos meninos pelados”, “Pequena História da República”, and the short stories "Minsk" and "Luciana." Reflecting on how criticism has favored some of Graciliano Ramos' works in his analysis and leaving aside, especially, children's narratives, we have decided to ponder and think about the Graciliano Ramos aesthetic project and how this necessarily pervades all his literary productions and also as the analysis of an Exception State goes beyond the classical concept put forward by some theorists, such as Giorgio Agamben