Eles muitos cavalos e pssica: a literatura brasileira contemporânea imersa no caleidoscópio citadino

Abstract

Based on the assumption of the complexity of life in urban centers, which causes social and psychological impacts on the individuals who constitute this reality, this work seeks to analyze how this space is being represented in contemporary Brazilian literature, focusing on the novels Eles eram muitos cavalos (2001) by Luiz Ruffato from Minas Gerais and Pssica (2015) by Edyr Augusto from Pará. With the help of bibliographical research method and comparative literature, the aim is therefore to analyze the city as a space-character in the aforementioned novels, guided by the marks of Romanesque fragmentation, discussed by authors such as Sá (2007), Hossne (2007), Ricciardi (2007) and Macedo (2007); the forms of contemporary realism, based mainly on Schøllhammer (2009; 2012; 2013), the influences of cinematographic montagem techniques, elaborated by Eisenstein (1990), Leone & Mourão (1993), Stam (2000) and Carone (1973) and traces of the detective novel, theorized by Reimão (1983) and Massi (2011). In view of this, since the city is a theme that permeates the history of Brazilian literature, it can be inferred that its recurrent presence in contemporary writing is notable, since it is the locus that brings together a set of social ills. This theme has captured the attention of writers in today's context, being treated in different ways and represented through writing techniques that permeate the simultaneity of events occurring in big metropolises and influenced by the chronotope in which each author and work are inserted – from São Paulo, as in Ruffato's novel, to Belém and the Amazon region, as in Edyr's case.