Ossos e espelhos mortos: uma leitura de Reflexos do baile e Esqueleto na lagoa verde, de Antonio Callado
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2007-03-02
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Kaimoti, Ana Paula Macedo Cartapatti [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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Neste trabalho, investigamos os modos como a reportagem Esqueleto na lagoa verde (1953) e o romance Reflexos do baile (1976), de Antonio Callado, instauram um impasse entre seu projeto realista de narrativa e a forma fragmentária da escrita. Buscando compor um retrato do Brasil no qual a história recente do país aparece em primeiro plano, a obra romanesca de Callado foi freqüentemente vinculada à carreira de jornalista que o escritor também desenvolveu. Nesse sentido, ao mesmo tempo em que se pode constatar a influência que o apego ao universo factual exerceu sobre sua ficção, se deve também destacar o confronto contínuo com a linguagem do jornal, no qual se manifesta a crença do autor na capacidade da literatura em iluminar os fatos de maneira privilegiada, para além da objetividade e da organicidade do discurso jornalístico. Essa confiança no poder revelador da ficção já aparece subrepticiamente no desejo do repórter de esclarecer o mistério que envolve a constituição do Brasil, narrando sua expedição ao Xingu, em Esqueleto na lagoa verde; ela também está na maneira como o escritor fragmenta Reflexos do Baile com o intuito de tornar sensível a violência que predominava no país, no decorrer da década de 70; e está ainda na tentativa do cronista Callado de buscar, em sua memória literária, o entendimento dos fatos jornalísticos e históricos da contemporaneidade, em Crônicas de fim do milênio (1997). Em Esqueleto na lagoa verde, a reportagem se multiplica em outras narrativas, incoerentes entre si, e a expedição que a fundamenta não consegue esclarecer nenhum de seus enigmas; em Reflexos do Baile, a fragmentação do romance se radicaliza, desviando-se do objetivo de representar a história da época; e, nas crônicas, a presença da literatura, no lugar de esclarecer os fatos, faz do próprio texto o fato que interessa...
In this work we have investigated the ways the report Esqueleto na lagoa verde (1953) and the novel Reflexos do baile (1976), by Antonio Callado, initiate an impasse between its narrative realist project and the fragmentary form of writing. By seeking to build a portrait of Brazil, in which the country’s recent history comes in the foreground, the novel by Callado has often been linked to the career as journalist also pursued by the writer. While the influence of the attachment to the factual universe may be verified in his fiction, the continuous confrontation with the newspaper language must also be highlighted, wherein the author’s belief manifests itself in the ability of literature to illuminate facts in a privileged way beyond the objectivity and organicity of the journalistic discourse. This belief in the revealing power of fiction already surreptitiously appears in the reporter’s desire to clarify the mystery involving the constitution of Brazil, by narrating his expedition to the Xingu River in Esqueleto na lagoa verde. It is also in the way the writer fragments Reflexos do Baile, with the purpose of turning the predominant violence in the country in the 70s sensitive, and yet in Callado’s attempt to search, in his literary memory, the understanding of contemporary journalistic and historical facts in Crônicas de fim do milênio (1997). In Esqueleto na lagoa verde, the report multiplies itself into other narratives, incoherent between themselves, and the expedition grounding it cannot clarify any of its enigmas; in Reflexos do baile, the fragmentation of the novel becomes radical and stirs away from the goal of representing the history of that period; and, in the chronicles, the presence of literature, instead of clarifying the facts, makes the text itself an interesting fact. Usually considered only stylistic byproducts of a realist project, ...(Complete abstract clik electronic access below)
In this work we have investigated the ways the report Esqueleto na lagoa verde (1953) and the novel Reflexos do baile (1976), by Antonio Callado, initiate an impasse between its narrative realist project and the fragmentary form of writing. By seeking to build a portrait of Brazil, in which the country’s recent history comes in the foreground, the novel by Callado has often been linked to the career as journalist also pursued by the writer. While the influence of the attachment to the factual universe may be verified in his fiction, the continuous confrontation with the newspaper language must also be highlighted, wherein the author’s belief manifests itself in the ability of literature to illuminate facts in a privileged way beyond the objectivity and organicity of the journalistic discourse. This belief in the revealing power of fiction already surreptitiously appears in the reporter’s desire to clarify the mystery involving the constitution of Brazil, by narrating his expedition to the Xingu River in Esqueleto na lagoa verde. It is also in the way the writer fragments Reflexos do Baile, with the purpose of turning the predominant violence in the country in the 70s sensitive, and yet in Callado’s attempt to search, in his literary memory, the understanding of contemporary journalistic and historical facts in Crônicas de fim do milênio (1997). In Esqueleto na lagoa verde, the report multiplies itself into other narratives, incoherent between themselves, and the expedition grounding it cannot clarify any of its enigmas; in Reflexos do baile, the fragmentation of the novel becomes radical and stirs away from the goal of representing the history of that period; and, in the chronicles, the presence of literature, instead of clarifying the facts, makes the text itself an interesting fact. Usually considered only stylistic byproducts of a realist project, ...(Complete abstract clik electronic access below)
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Callado, Antonio, 1917-1997 - Reflexos do baile - Crítica e interpretação, Callado, Antonio, 1917-1997 - Esqueleto na lagoa verde - Crítica e interpretação, Literatura brasileira - História e crítica, Prosa brasileira - História e crítica, Jornalismo e literatura, Brazilian prose, Literature and journalism, Literature and history
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KAIMOTI, Ana Paula Macedo Cartapatti. Ossos e espelhos mortos: uma leitura de Reflexos do baile e Esqueleto na lagoa verde, de Antonio Callado. 2007. 185 f. Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, 2007.