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- Abstract:
- Provocative in its central thesis, this essay points out to a scriptocentric prejudice that devaluates oral and illiterate cultures in the interpretative tradition of ‘Vidas Secas’. Starting from the concept of linguistic ta boos in European oral cultures, with further insights from Walter Ong and Luria, it restores the characters in Graciliano Ramos' novel to the legitimate value they have and denounces their victimization by strict orthodox sociological approaches.
- Provocador em sua tese central, este ensaio aponta para um preconceito scriptocêntrico que desvaloriza as culturas orais e analfabetas na tradição interpretativa de 'Vidas Secas'. Partindo do conceito de vaias lingüísticas em culturas orais européias, com observações adicionais de Walter Ong e Luria, o artigo restaura o valor legítimo das personagens do romance de Graciliano Ramos e denuncia sua vitimização por parte de abordagens sociológicas ortodoxas estritas.
Citation
Lemaire, Ria,
"Rereading 'Vidas Secas': rediscovering the strong sertanejo"
(1996).
BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/evry-m323
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BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature
...BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature (ISSN: 2526-4885), founded in 1988, publishes scholarly articles on Brazilian literature and in Comparative Literature with a focus on Brazilian literature, as well as book reviews, interviews with writers, English-language translations of Brazilian literature …