Irmãos à sombra: uma possibilidade de existência por meio da recordação em À Sombra do Meu Irmão, de Uwe Timm, e Sob os Pés, Meu Corpo Inteiro, de Marcia Tiburi

Abstract

At a time when forgetfulness is increasingly imposed, this dissertation presents an analysis of the works In my brother’s shadow: a life and death in the SS (2014), by the German writer Uwe Timm, and Sob meus pés, meu corpo inteiro (2018), by the Brazilian writer Marcia Tiburi. Based on the discussion about the concepts of memory and remembrance, trauma and testimony and narration and writing proposed by Aleida Assmann (2011), Márcio Seligmann-Silva (2000, 2003, 2005 and 2014) and Jeanne Marie Gagnebin (2002, 2009) respectively, this dissertation analyzes how, in said narratives, being in the sibling’s shadow is portraited as a space of remembrance, enabling the existence of the narrators-protagonists of both works. While analizing the narratives, it was possible to understand how being in their sibling's shadows allowed a new bond with their recollections, enabling a new outlook on the broader sense of memory and past. In addition, it was possible to see how the specific historical moments (World War II, Nazism and Dictatorial Period) affected the main narrator's life and construction of identity in both works. In addition, we are able to understand how, based on memory and first-person narration, the narrators-protagonists of both narratives come to exist beyond the shadow of their siblings and family, managing to change how they view themselves and the society that surrounds them.