Na literatura, o traço todo da vida: Otto Lara Resende e o homem de letras

Abstract

This work has as axis the path of Brazilian men of letters depicted from the examination of articles, essays, interviews and correspondence. The analysis is based on the experience of two prominent characters in the literary life of the country in the second half of the twentieth century. The main focus is on Otto Lara Resende, a prestigious figure in journalistic and literary circles who lived poignantly the tension between ambition and literary vocation. In the background, the experience of Fernando Sabino as a successful author and columnist is used as a counterpoint to Otto’s case. Childhood friends, they were identified with the Generation of 45. The two followed professional choices that presented them with similar dilemmas. Given these lines of action, the main objective of the dissertation is to gather elements that point to the unveiling of a subjectivity of the man of letters.