O cavalo desembestado do pensamento: fluxo de consciência como condutor da narrativa em Afonso Contínuo, Santo de altar, de Lindanor Celina

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the novel "Afonso Contínuo, Santo de Altar" (1986), by Lindanor Celina, which is an inexhaustible source of interesting and important topics from a literary and social point of view, as it addresses controversial issues that provoke fertile and necessary debates. The relevance of a study like this is in the appreciation of our Amazonian authors who, even when [just] talking about their homeland, developed extremely universal subjects in their works. The general objective of this work is to analyze the construction of the novel's narrative from the flow of consciousness' perspective, aiming to understand the meanings that can be extracted in this process. The specific objectives are: to identify which techniques are used for the composition of the flow of consciousness; delimit the narrative focus used in the novel; and list and analyze the topics discussed. This research will address the "flow of consciousness", concept absorbed from Psychological studies, to define writings that have, as a major characteristic, the construction of the narrative through the psychological aspects of the characters. To understand the building of this technique, it is also necessary to identify and analyze the point of view or the narrative focus, since the study of focusing also allows the possibility of to delimit certain understandings about life and the world around.