O pai presente: a relação paterno-filial na contística de João Anzanello Carrascoza

Abstract

This dissertation intends to analyze how the present / now develops in the short story work of the writer João Anzanello Carrascoza, privileging the stories that approach the relation between father and son. It is in the present time that the communion between the father and the child characters happens, enriched with affection and meaning. The first part of the paper is devoted to some considerations about the tendencies of contemporary fiction. To that end, Karl Erick Schollhammer's (2011) studies on the subject are used, as well as other theoretical ones. In the second part, the ideas of Julio Cortázar (1993), and other relevant literary critics, are used to punctuate the traits and aspects that give quality to the literary short stories. Still in the second part, it is aimed to trace a profile of the writer, still not very well-known by the great public. In the third part, prior to the critical approach of Carrascoza's short stories, it is made a brief reflection on what would be the "present time" in light of the writings of Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The short stories analyzed are: O menino e o pião , from the book Duas tardes (2002), and Sétimo dia , from Tempo Justo (2016); Caçador de vidro , from Hotel Solidão (1994), Antes do almoço , from O Vaso azul (1998), Balança , from Dias raros (2004), and O entreposto and Retrato , from Tempo justo (2016); Ponto colorido , from A vida naquela hora (2011), and As coisas mudam as coisas , from Tempo justo (2016); Escuro , from Tempo justo (2016), A hora , from Amores mínimos (2011), Alfinete and Mar , from Espinhos e Alfinetes, and Perda , from Tempo Justo (2016).