A vida que se escreve: a representação da infância nas memórias de Graciliano Ramos, Oswald de Andrade, José Lins do Rego e Cyro dos Anjos

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the childhood memories in autobiographical writings of Graciliano Ramos, Oswald de Andrade, Jose Lins do Rego and Cyro dos Anjos, focusing on the self-representation strategies adopted by the authors in the works Infância, Um homem sem profissão - sob as ordens de mamãe, Meus verdes anos and A menina do sobrado. This approach has as an object of reflection the elements that are relevant to the configuration of a narrative identity in autobiographical writing, the strategies that a writing centered on one's self resorts to in a certain area, in a certain time and in a certain language. We have established the common procedures in the rhetoric of our authors, such as the first memory, the family romance creation, the parents, the places of memory, the school days and the reading scene. Our perspective is presented as an inquiry on the procedures used in identity construction, taking into account that the scenes chosen by the writer elaborate the self-image that he wants to build