A HISTÓRIA DA LITERATURA AFRO-BRASILEIRA E O ESTUDO DA TEMÁTICA DA ESCRAVIDÃO NO ROMANCE PONCIÁ VICÊNCIO, DE CONCEIÇÃO EVARISTO

Abstract

The present work seeks to present a study about the need of a presence of the corpus of Afro-Brazilian literature inside the Brazilian literature, since black people are not observed within the literary canon, and when it is observed, it is not found in a space of protagonism. Therefore, the study presents a journey on black literature, its construction, as well as the characteristic aspects of its writing. To disentangle such aspects, we will analyze and contextualize the book Ponciá Vicêncio (2003), by Conceição Evaristo, through the concepts presented by Duarte (2008), which defines a series of aspects that characterize a work of Afro-Brazilian literature. For the study of Evaristo's work, we will analyze the theme, here divided into denunciations and consequences of slavery, and how these aspects are presented in specific chapters of the books. To carry out this monograph, we used the theoretical contribution of Abaurre (2013), Dalcastagnè (2008), Duarte (2008), Krachenski (2018), Lobo (2007), Luna (1968), Macedo (2008), Moura (1983) and Souza (2008) .Finally, after analyzing and detailing the work Ponciá Vicêncio (2003), we were able to identify striking attributes that highlight, characterize and evidence a work as being, mainly, of Afro-Brazilian substance.