Banca de DEFESA: VITOR EMMANUELL PINHEIRO DA SILVA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : VITOR EMMANUELL PINHEIRO DA SILVA
DATE: 29/08/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Recife
TITLE:

A LOST FACE IN THE MIRROR:
identity and eroticism in the novel Blood Drenched Beard, by Daniel Galera

KEY WORDS:

Keywords: Contemporary Literature; Identity; Eroticism; Novel; Daniel Galera.

PAGES: 92
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUMMARY:

The objective of this work is to contribute to the studies of Contemporary Brazilian Literature, especially with regard to the connections between identity, memory and eroticism in the novel Barba ensopada de sangue, by Daniel Galera (2012). With just over a decade of release, the novel revolves around the trajectory of a teacher who has prosopagnosia, a disease that prevents him from memorizing and recognizing faces, including his own. After his father’s suicide, the character travels to Garopaba, a town on the coast of Santa Catarina, in search of his grandfather’s story and, during her journey, discovers more about his own identity through interactions with the town’s residents, his friends and family, in a narrative that involves past, present and future. The research is based on a contemporary view of the concepts of identity, memory and eroticism. Thus, fundamental theorists such as Zygmunt Bauman, with his perspective of a liquid modernity that crosses our subjectivities; Maurice Halbwachs, with the dynamism of individual and collective memory and its influence on the construction and recovery of memories; and Georges Bataille, with his vision of eroticism as a torn language, marked by the fusion with death. In the liquid world, nothing was made to last, including identities, recognized as fluid and active participants in community life, making it impossible to maintain just one identity throughout life. Therefore, the character’s identity path is the focus of this research, in order to amplify our view on the construction and fragmentation of identities in contemporary literature and, consequently, in the liquid world.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2452262 - FABIO CAVALCANTE DE ANDRADE
Interna - 2166090 - IMARA BEMFICA MINEIRO
Externo à Instituição - RENILDO RIBEIRO DE SIQUEIRA