Descriptive aspects of space on Guimarães Rosa's “A hora e vez de Augusto Matraga”: an initiation on journey

Authors

  • João Gomes da Silva Neto Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2236-4242.v26i2p87-108

Keywords:

descriptive sequences, space in fiction, literary discourse, religious discourse, A hora e vez de Augusto Matraga

Abstract

This paper focuses on some textual and discursive aspects of the Guimarães Rosa´s story “A hora e vez de Augusto Matraga”, concerning to description sequences and its role in the configuration of the fictional space. We discuss a narrative matrix whose spatial and temporal structures reveal a trajectory towards the human being redemption – a kind of initiation journey, marked by the mystic of an ascetic life. The analyses also points to the recurrent themes of violence and religiousness that support the narrative tension, straightly related to the protagonist conflicts. Violence and religiousness express the initiation journey paradoxes. Our methodology adopts theoretical contributions of the Pragmatic Linguistics and the Textual Analysis of the Discourses.

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Author Biography

  • João Gomes da Silva Neto, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

    Professor da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil

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Published

2013-12-16

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 2 (2013): Analysis of Texts and Discourses

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Articles

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How to Cite

SILVA NETO, João Gomes da. Descriptive aspects of space on Guimarães Rosa’s “A hora e vez de Augusto Matraga”: an initiation on journey. Linha D’Água, São Paulo, v. 26, n. 2, p. 87–108, 2013. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2236-4242.v26i2p87-108. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/linhadagua/article/view/64416.. Acesso em: 16 may. 2024.