Os usos do passado na escrita de si: a memória da Revolução de 1930 em Goiás na autobiografia de Pedro Ludovico Teixeira

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyze the (re)construction of the past in the autobiographical discourse present in the book “Memórias” by Pedro Ludovico Teixeira, who was a Goian physician and politician. In this analysis we start from the assumption that the past was used by the author as a form of criticism to the present, since the work was published in 1973, when the author was canceled and with the political rights suspended by the AI-5. To situate the critic, the author highlights his participation in the Revolution of 1930, when he was able to come to power. In addition, we intend to discuss methodological issues in relation to autobiography.