Politics of Writing: Latin American Testimonio, Brazil's Literatura Marginal and the Question of Neoliberalism

<p>In the light of Latin American testimonio theoretical approach, which includes questions such as the cultural production under the intensification of neoliberal policies and the inquiry of the complicity between literary practices and the state as formulated by Rama in The Lettered City, this study examines the novel Capão Pecado, representative work of the writer and cultural activist Ferréz, and the potential relation to the formal elements of the former criticism. By thinking alongside John Beverley's case study on I, Rigoberta Menchú's testimonial narrative and Ferréz, prominent author of the contemporary production of literatura marginal and representative of the expression of the individual residents of the urban peripheries of the metropolises of Brazil, this study finds not only thematic continuities between the two discursive modes, showing that testimonio not only taught us important lessons and continue to provide a pathway to understanding the growing literary branch in Brazil, but also shows alterations in the patterns of relationship between literary practices, literary field, and the state. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Young, Ana Maria Todescan

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Booker, M. Keith

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ruminott, Sergio R.

• Brazil
• Ferrez
• Literatura Marginal
• Menchu
• Neoliberalism
• Testimonio
• Comparative Literature
• Latin American Literature
• Latin American Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2079

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uark.edu:etd-3618