A perspectiva labiríntica na memória do narrador em Verde Vagomundo, de Benedito Monteiro

Abstract

This study addresses the perspective of the memory of the narrator-character in the novel Verde Vagomundo (1972), by Benedicto Monteiro. The research starts from narrative overlays observed from elements that constitute the individual and collective memory of the major character Antônio, who upon returning to his hometown, is faced with the imagery of memories of the riverside Amazon. Major's memory transits memories of a distant past from urban daily life, as, when confronted with the images of his homeland, the narrator character re-elaborates the place of childhood, approaching narratives linked to oral tradition . It also seeks to understand the context in which Benedicto Monteiro's work is inserted, given the interaction of the referred literary prose with the political atmosphere of the Brazilian military dictatorship. Ahead, the relevance of the theories of the contemporary narrator is evaluated, whose study here interprets memory as a bifurcation of subjective experiences of modern, urban and fragmented man. Upon returning to his hometown, the narrator of Verde Vagomundo conceives in the narrative the experience of man's tension in the world. The theoretical basis of the discussion comprises the studies of Walter Benjamin (1987), Theodor Adorno (2003), Silviano Santiago (1989), Cândido (1989) (2007), Henri Bergson (1999), Maurice Halbawachs (2003) and Jacques Le Goff (2014).