FROM THE INTIMATE TO THE PROCLAIMED, PEDRO CASALDÁLIGA'S SELF-WRITTEN MANIFESTO IN I BELIEVE IN JUSTICE AND HOPE
Mato Grosso literature, Casaldáliga; Autobiography, Diary, Self-writing
This study looks at the work I Believe in Justice and Hope (1978) by Pedro Casaldáliga and investigates the presence of elements that can establish dialogues with the genres of testimonial literature, autobiography, autofiction and diary, which encompass the universe of self-writing. Supported by the studies of Seligmann-Silva (2003) (2005), Philippe Lejeune (2008) (2013), Faedrich (2014), Figueiredo (2022) and Noronha (2016), we sought to delineate which of the aforementioned genres Casaldáliga's work is based on, whose formal structure is different. Our hypothesis that the work is a textual hybrid was proven when we saw the presence of testimony in an autobiography that is punctuated by excerpts from a diary, making it an intriguing narrative to read. As for autofiction, we believe that the reading pact it follows (ambiguity) is not in line with the author's writing context. The observations also showed us that Casaldal's prose contributes to the resemanticization of literary productions that emerge outside the canonical molds.