Leitura e escrita na narrativa de Osman Lins

Abstract

This study deals with two aspects in Osman Lins fictional narratives: the reading and the writing. Both aspects are seen in the plot level and in the characters level, in four Lins narratives: O visitante (1955), Nove, novena (1966), Avalovara (1973) e A rainha dos cárceres da Grécia (1976). Our objective is to verify as Lins approaches the reading and the writing in his narratives, under the perspective of a kind of accumulation of these subjects, from the first to the last Lins narratives. To carry out this work, we divide it in two parts. The first one is composed by two chapters, in which we discuss the reading and the reader, the writing and the writer in theoretical, critical and historical texts, such as Eco, Chartier e Dällenbach, among others. We also see some literary texts that represent these subjects. In the second part of this study, we analyze the reading and the writing in Lins narratives, considering a dialogue with the critical studies about this author and his essays. From this analysis, we observe that the author accumulates the reading and the writing aspects throughout his narratives, from O visitante to A rainha dos cárceres da Grécia.