Banca de DEFESA: Edmar Augusto de Lima Silva

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STUDENT : Edmar Augusto de Lima Silva
DATE: 14/03/2024
TIME: 16:00
LOCAL: via meet: meet.google.com/ujp-jkft-xvm
TITLE:

You, impossibly dead: without you and always with you – developsments of the self-other in Morreste-me

KEY WORDS:

Portuguese Literature; Memoirs; Autofiction; Self-Writings

PAGES: 86
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Teoria Literária
SUMMARY:

The aim of this work is to study the book Morreste-me (2015), by the Portuguese writer José
Luís Peixoto, observing how, on returning to his homeland, the textual "I" begins to perceive
in himself characteristics that are reminiscent of his deceased father and how these elements
contribute to the formation of his own identity. The intensity of his writing, rooted in personal
experiences and reflection on universal themes, highlights Peixoto's position as one of the
leading figures in contemporary Portuguese literature. In the book, written in the first person
by an unnamed “I”, we follow the journey of a son moving through the place of his birth, the
house where he lived with his family, and the cemetery where his father is buried. In this
movement, in the midst of deep introspection, the individual revisits these spaces, recalling
moments from his childhood and youth alongside his father. In this movement, in the midst of
deep introspection, the individual revisits these spaces, recalling moments from his childhood
and youth alongside his father. The reader has access to his deepest thoughts and is able to see
that the close bond between the two allows the son to feel that he has a shared identity with
his father. Due to the numerous similarities between the text and the author's own life, we
drew on the studies of Gasparini (2014) and Doubrovsky (1977) on the term autofiction, as
well as those of Lejeune (2008) on autobiography. Additionally, we rely on Huston's text
(2012) to address the fact that humans are storytellers surrounded by fictions and Barthes' text
(2004) to discuss the "death of the author," a fundamental element for a broader interpretation
by the reader. Finally, we highlight the epistolary style adopted by Peixoto in his work, for
which we consider it relevant to evoke Kafka's work (1992), recognized for its thematic
content, establishing parallels and significant distinctions in relation to Peixoto's text.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1209961 - ELIANA DA CONCEICAO TOLENTINO
Interna - 1822864 - ANDREA PORTOLOMEOS
Externo à Instituição - DÊNIS LEANDRO FRANCISCO - UFLA