A AMAZÔNIA BRASILEIRA EM MILTON HATOUM: UMA LEITURA DE RELATO DE UM CERTO ORIENTE E DOIS IRMÃOS.

Abstract

This study focuses on the analysis of the novels Relato de um certo oriente (1989) and Dois irmãos (2000), by the Amazonian writer Milton Hatoum. In the works, we observe the subversion of the landscape that marks the narratives about the Brazilian Amazon. Hatoum’s gaze displaces itself from the scenarios of a “frightening forest” and the reiterated motto of the rubber cycles to relocate in the landscape of the city - with its movements and problems - using migrant subjects as its guiding thread. In both works, the author promotes the opening of the Amazonian novel to topics that involve disputes, memory, family dramas and are prevalently set in urban narratives. The article is based on the reflections of Homi Bhabha (2013), Roger Chartier (2002) and others.

Keywords

• milton hatoum
• relato de um certo oriente
• dois irmãos
• narrative