Quadros graciliânicos: sobre a atribuição de “efeito de real”, “ilusão referencial” e colaboracionismo estadonovista a Graciliano Ramos

Abstract

We start this dissertation with a critical reading of Graciliano Ramos e a Cultura Política: mediação editorial e construção do sentido (2016), written by Thiago Mio Salla. In this book, the author analyzes the texts of the section “Quadros e Costumes do Nordeste”, written by Graciliano Ramos, concerning Cultura Política, the newspaper where they were published, and the most important journal about the ideology of New State. In the specified book, there is the attribution of “reality effect” and “referential illusion” to the texts of the referred section. This attribution results in the acknowledgment of Graciliano Ramos’ collaborationism with the political regime that had arrested him some years before. Thereby, we come up with a review of the mentioned texts aiming to understand if the referred attribution is really possible concerning their discursive material. As our reinterpretation shows rhetorical and enunciative aspects that are incompatible with Salla’s attributions, we also propose to analyze some Graciliano’s comments about his writing process, avaliable on his letters and interviews, in order to reveal the complex author’s image and writing imaginary that appears in Graciliano Ramos’ production