2018-04-192018-04-191991-12DENÓFRIO, Darcy França. Sob o signo da água e do fogo. Signótica, Goiânia, v. 3, n. 1, p. 13-26, jan./dez. 1991. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/7234/5125>.0103-7250http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/14553This work makcs a re.Oection on the symbolism of water and fire. These two antithetic elements go through the 447 pages of the novel Serra do Cafezal: retratos e lembranças, by Maria Eloá S. Lima. Moreover, it elucidates the metalinguistic aspects dissimulated in the narration of the main female character and shows some directions to analyse ao epic, whose historical, folk and lin­guistic substratum is of great importance.porAcesso AbertoArtigo10.5216/sig.v3i1.7234