A representação da escrita no espectro autoficcional: uma leitura de três romances brasileiros contemporâneos

Abstract

In contemporary Brazilian novel, the prominence of the writer as a character indicates a trend of literature for delving into the act of writing. This prominence is part of a broader trend of coincidences between social categories of authors and characters, particularly when they are protagonists or narrators. This broader trend aligns with that of the autofictional spectrum, whose narratives are constructed on the boundaries between the fictional and the autobiographical. The representation of writing is identified in a set of works situated within this spectrum. This panorama is primarily discussed based on the studies of Anna Faedrich on autofiction in the context of Brazilian literature (2014, 2015, 2016); Igor Ximenes Graciano on narratives of the literary gesture and subsequent studies (2013, 2018, 2021); and Regina Dalcastagnè on the character in Brazilian novels (2005, 2021). The main hypotheses about works within the autofictional spectrum are as follows: the oxymoronic reading pact, mobilizing two distinct modes of reception of the work, namely the fictional and the autobiographical; the author as an imaginary construction achieved through reading the work and through the construction of the protagonist's figure; and, with the tensioning between the identities of author and protagonist, the relevance of the critical positioning on the act of writing within the realm of fiction. The study corpus consists of the following works: Becos da memória by Conceição Evaristo, published in 2006; A chave de casa by Tatiana Salem Levy, published in 2007; and Ribamar by José Castello, published in 2010. From a particular reading of these works, the representation of writing is analyzed in each narrative, articulating the main hypotheses about the autofictional spectrum.