Jail contemporary writing: History and literature in the voice of the outsiders about the city

Authors

  • Luciana Paiva Coronel FURG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/2121

Keywords:

Jail writing, Literary Terms, Testimony, Historical Document

Abstract

Prison literature constitutes an object of great value and significance to study and relate History to Literature in the field of contemporary Brazilian narratives. The core object of this study are the works both Memórias de um sobrevivente (Memories by a survivor) by Luiz Alberto Mendes and Diário de um detento (Diary by a detainee) by Jocenir, and it aim(s to analyze the hybrid nature of their forms, which have elements of fiction, testimonial and autobiography. This group of writings has solid information about History and the social practices of the social reclusion in use in the violent routine of the Brazilian prisons, this set of works also shows literary density, an aspect to which the autobiographical elements that comprise them contributes, as well as the perspective of narration of experience, its transposition into the sphere of language.

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Published

2015-04-29

Issue

No. 20 (2015)

Section

Dossiê

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