Memórias do Cárcere : cativeiro manifesto, cativeiro simulado

Abstract

Graciliano Ramos's Memórias do Carcere has comrnonly been characterized as a testimony or a document of epoch, what lays on the tield of the politicai/mernorable eiaboration. Taking a new view, the reading proposed here aims at aporehending an aestnetic levei o'f this narrative. Henceq we lay ciain to recali the Gracilianeans Memórias as a text in wich both the factual datum and aesthectic elaboration intersect with other. In other to achieve our aim. we make a comparison between Memórias do Cárcere and Machado deAssis' s Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas as well as S'a Bernarda, by the socalied alagoano writer. Although presenting at a lesser intensity, we also extend the comparative reading o the narrative to Lima Barretos Triste fim de Policarpo Ouaresma, aiming at an apprehension of the aesthetic similarities between Graciliano Ramoss memorable work and the fictitious texts mentioned above.