Mas afinal, o que é mesmo universal?: sobre o entre-lugar da literatura (da cultura) da Amazônia em tempos de culturas híbridas

Abstract

The object of this work is discuss the universal / local dichotomy in the literature (culture) of the Amazon, constitutive of a large miscegenation process which gives life and form to the symbolic process, reaffirming the idea that the Amazonian culture is a universal culture for being hybrid, even though marginalized. The objective of this work is to analyze under the scope of Néstor Canclini, Goethe, and Faustino among others, that the literature (culture) of Amazon presents a systematics of cultural interchange. The methodology chosen in order to comprehend is the descriptive-comparative method. The results show us that the miscegenation resulting from the Amazonian social formation, which transits between a modern and a traditional culture, reflects on the symbolic production of the region; and that the productions that propose a cultural interchange can be considered, according to Goethe: Universal. And much of what is considered universal, is not more than imitation of other symbolic processes, overcoming or diluting them.