“A POLÍCIA ATRÁS DE MIM”: DEPRIVAÇÃO E DELINQUÊNCIA EM “EU NÃO QUIS TE FERIR”, DE RINALDO DE FERNANDES

Abstract

Although the relationship between artistic manifestations and aesthetic experience was not a new subject even at the time, Freud's contribution was the most substantial, recognizing in the arts, especially in literature, a symbolic-metaphorical space in which the human psyche can materialize. In this sense, the approach between literature and psychoanalysis is particularly productive, as it allows us to expand our research around the mysteries of the human mind. By considering the new perspectives offered by contemporary literature on social issues, it is possible to perceive works of hypersynthetic immersion whose main representation is violence, essential for a complete understanding of the "portraits of Brazil" constructed in postmodern plots. Therefore, the work of Rinaldo de Fernandes assumes special relevance, reflecting on the degradation of human relationships through the lens of urban conflicts and socioeconomic fragility. His narrative is thus permeated by cruelty, misery, and marginality, elements capable of confronting the reader with their own aggressive instincts, which are gradually suppressed from an early age to enable socialization. Based on these observations, the aim of this study was to examine how deprivation and delinquency shape the journey of Ismael, the protagonist of Fernandes' novel Eu não quis te ferir (I Didn't Mean to Hurt You), published in 2022. Thus, it was essential, first, to discuss the Brazilian history of ethnic violence; then, to address Freud's concepts of "malaise" and "unheimlich," as well as to detail Winnicott's ideas of "deprivation" and "delinquency". Finally, the relationships between the narrative and the concepts of Winnicottian theory were discussed. To achieve this, theoretical references were drawn from researchers in psychoanalysis and ethnic studies, including Freud ([1919] 2019; [1930] 2010), Winnicott (1971/1975; 1995; 2023), Fanon (2022), Loparic (2014), Batista (2021), among others.