A Ilha da Ira: resistência cultural e política na Amazônia

Abstract

This research discusses how the dramaturgical text of A Ilha da Ira, written by João Jesus de Paes Loureiro, can help to understand the historical-political resistance related to the experience of the Brazilian military dictatorship in the northeastern Pará region. We seek to understand how we can approach the fictionalization of trauma, present in the text, as a tool to understand the historical-political resistance to the military dictatorship in northeastern Pará. To achieve this goal, the research was dedicated to identifying and analyzing historical knowledge, adopting an interdisciplinary approach to Paes Loureiro's work. The research uses an interdisciplinary approach, combining history, literature, and philosophy. The categories of the supplement (Derrida, 2006) and the shares of the sensible (Rancière, 2005) guide the analysis of what we could call the Megatext of Historical-Political Resistance present in the work. The main intention is to understand how the historical operation can accompany the analysis of this text by exploring multiple layers of experiences and historical temporalities of the region from the military dictatorship onwards. We establish bridges between literary language and historical events, pointing out relationships that the author constructs in the narratives of resistance through allegories of power. The analysis of different historical knowledge allows a perception of history based on experience and narratives, highlighting the Amazonian historical culture.