Esperando Zilanda: a literatura como a fina sintonia com o banal

Abstract

The dissertation consists in two parts: a literary text and a postface. The purpose of the literary text, called Esperando Zilanda (Waiting for Zilanda), is to bring up prosaic situations, catch the obvious of quotidian experiences, and deconstruct it, showing the extraordinary that is hidden under the ordinary surface. Estela, the narrator and main character, has difficulty adapting herself to the objective reality, which makes her narrativize the most trivial acts of her life and hide herself in a systematic exchange of emails with José, a friend who she doesn t meet during ten years. The postface, on the other hand, is a critical and theoric reflection on Esperando Zilanda. Developed mainly from a dialogue with another literary texts, it also includes a discussion about the concept of literature of immobility, the banal as a theme and the relation between character and destiny on fiction pieces