Um certo olhar sobre a velhice : a narrativa memorialista de Pedro Nava

Abstract

This work aims to investigate the changes of aging that occur through the narratives produced by the memories. Aims to emphasize the specificity of the role of memory in the aging process and its transformation strength and endurance. The relevance of the topic is linked to marked expression that the number of older persons has acquired in recent years by gaining greater visibility, imposing itself as a group with demands and characteristics. In the study, articulate the concepts of subject, memory and narrative. The first part develops the notion of the subject from a central self, foundation of a unit of expression, until the fragmentation of that self, which becomes múltitiplo and critical expression of modern man. In the second part, the study of memory, follow the passage of a memory defined as permanent and breeding for a description of memory as a creative skill, able to retrospectively produce new narratives. In the third part, we study the concept of narrative, exploring many aspects beyond the literary field. Finally, conceptual network with the subject - Memory - narrative established, we recognize the work of Pedro Nava the emergence of multiple narrators, who, with old age, rather than defend and deny life, accept the challenge of a confrontation and claim , forged their differences.