Identidades em trânsito: deslocamentos e subjetividades em Passageiro do fim do dia, de Rubens Figueiredo, e Combi, de Ángela Pradelli

Abstract

This current research aims to identify the effects of displacements in contemporary subjectivities through the analysis of the works Combi (2007), by Ángela Pradelli, and Passageiro do fim do dia, by Rubens Figueiredo. The contemporary narratives build up a scene where space leaves its role as a background to become the protagonist. Constant displacements decipts the new character of contemporary societies, turns concepts initially considered fixed until then and brings individuals and spaces together. Through means of transport and development of new technologies, travels became much more common and allowed the insertion of individuals to characterized spaces for, now, its fluid aspects, capable of suffer several reconfigurations. Restructuring these spaces allows or denies the contact among its occupants and their contact with the space itself. When there is no interaction, spaces turn into non-spaces and became away of any kind of expression of subjectivity. However, when the masks of civility are removed and there are social relationships between the subjects, this space earns the character of place, allowing, even, a contact with another culture. The contact with the Other implies a constant process of identity reconfiguration. For this reason, the question about identity and spaces stands out at the cultural studies plane, given that these are elements heavily associated with the displacement experiences routinely lived by their contemporary subjects. To answer these questions, we were supported by, mainly, the conceptions of Hall (2006), García Canclini (2009), Bauman (1999; 2001), Marc Augé (1995), Ianni (2000) e Femenías (2013). Throughout this study, the goal is to create a concept web that involves the question of subjectivity on contemporaneity, in order to identify aspects of reconfiguration at works Combi, by Ángela Pradelli and Passageiro do Fim do Dia, by Rubens Figueredo. Still, we analyze transformative movements of the spaces evidenced in the works. An individual has the possibility of suffering displacement of diverse nature and living the experience of identitary reconfiguration when one consent the merge between the symbols that make up their identity and the symbols of the culture of the destination or even a group identity. In the analyzed romances, there is both the characters consent to live the merge of cultures and the scorn to this experience and a wish to keep their cultural roots well set. Also, the identitary displacement is able to reestructure the representations of the Other, that is, one who experienced a contact with another culture of group, also restructuring the way to represent the subjects that are around them. The possibility of the development of an unfamiliarity process between individuals that were considered, until now, equals also comes by this identitary restructuring. Therefore, we highlight the identitary reconfiguration effect in the representation of the Other in the romance of the Brazilian writer Rubens Figueiredo. Similarly, we discuss the formation of the stereotype in the work of the Argentinian writer Ángela Pradelli.