Banca de DEFESA: CARLOS ANDRE DE ALCANTARA DA SILVA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : CARLOS ANDRE DE ALCANTARA DA SILVA
DATA : 29/06/2026
HORA: 14:00
LOCAL: Defesa on-line, via Plataforma Google Meet
TÍTULO:

"The Body Touched by Evil": Interdiction and Transgression in Salvar o fogo, by Itamar Vieira Junior

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Save the fire; Transgression; Forbidden; Contemporary Brazilian Novel; Evil.

PÁGINAS: 95
GRANDE ÁREA: Linguística, Letras e Artes
ÁREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literatura Brasileira
RESUMO:

This dissertation analyzes the work Salvar o fogo (2023), by Itamar Vieira Junior, from a Bataillean and decolonial perspective, aiming to focus on the narrative through the lens of evil, violence, and the sacred. The study begins with a contextualization of the origin of prohibitions and transgressions, central concepts in Georges Bataille (2021), and explores their tension within a context where the oppressions of coloniality persist. In the narrative in question, the experience and presence of Evil are related to the process of character development, especially regarding the aesthetic and social construction of the protagonists. Methodologically, a bibliographic study was adopted, drawing on the concepts of authors such as Quijano (2005; 2009) and Maldonado-Torres (2018) concerning coloniality; Adding to this are the contributions of Gonzalez (1984), Spivak (2010), and Lugones (2020), who assist in addressing the issue of women in the colonial process; Fanon (2008), Simas and Rufino (2020), Nogueira (2021), and Bento (2022) on the implications of colonization on the lives of individuals and society; and Antonio Candido (2014) regarding the relationship between work and society present in Itamar Vieira Junior's Trilogy of the Earth. The analysis demonstrates that transgression functions, in the novel, as a decolonial tool. Thus, Moisés and Luzia initiate a necessary process to break with the oppressions present in the narrative and in our society, which begins with the verification of facts and the recovery of history that is persistently erased and ignored.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 245039003 - SAMUEL LIMA DA SILVA
Interno - 82304001 - JESUINO ARVELINO PINTO
Externo à Instituição - JOSE HUMBERTO RODRIGUES DOS ANJOS - UFG