Bichos e homens: uma análise do espaço em contos de Miguel Torga

Abstract

The purpose of this master's research whose corpus to work critters Bichos (1940), the Portuguese writer Miguel Torga, is to analyze the space configuration and its function in the narrative structure. This study is dedicated to the observation of the fictional status of the space in the literary text, the perception of this space by the characters and their surroundings and functions that assumes the narratives "Madalena", "Jesus" and "Vincente". We defined the analysis of spatial approach mode proposed by Santos (2007), the representation of space in the text as composition of belonging places and transit of fictional subject and we demonstrate that space, the selection processes and combined with other elements in the texts , is not limited to concepts such as place / environment / border. Our analysis yet, thinking of the systematic topoanalyze BORGES FILHO (2007), and supported by studies of LINS (1976), SOETHE (2004), DIMAS (1994) and BACHELARD (2005).