Escrita e morte: reflexões a partir dos romances K.: Relato de uma busca (2011), de Bernardo Kucinski, e Soledad no Recife (2009), de Urariano Mota

Abstract

This dissertation proposes a interpretation of two contemporary Brazilian novels that deal with the military dictatorship (1964-1985) and its remains: K.: relato de uma busca (2011), by Bernardo Kucinski, and Soledad no Recife (2009), by Urariano Mota. The convergence point of these works is the fact that they deal with true victims of the dictatorial repressive apparatus; two women participating in the armed guerrilla, organized in clandestine parties: Ana Rosa Kucinski and Soledad Barrett Viedma, respectively. Because of this, the two narratives, conceived almost 40 years after the events, bring, to some extent, death and the dead into the picture, which is a fundamental question of our investigation. In this sense, we seek to establish the links between language and absence; and between the various ways that the relationship between writing and death can be found in literature and historiography. Therefore, our main objective is to understand how these novels elaborate such questions.