Tupinipunk: entre o gênero e o conceito

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to present a way of reading Tupinipunk beyond a literary subgenre of Brazilian science fiction (CF). I develop the idea that literary critics of the genre, both in Brazil and abroad, have selected internal elements of these narratives in an attempt to select Tupinipunk as a literary representative of CF produced in Brazil, with characteristics that would differentiate it from North American cyberpunk. The discussion extends to “criticism of criticism”, since, in my opinion, some discourses issued by this field have often placed Tupinipunk in the orbit of what has acted as its main literary model and solar center, North American cyberpunk. I am developing this research guided by some reflections, such as those of Roberto de Sousa Causo, contained both in his thesis (2013) and in his novels Selva Brasil (2010) and Terra Verde (2013); the idea of concept, by Deleuze and Guatari (1992) and Gonçalo M. Tavares (2021); Alberto Acosta (2019), Suzane Lima Costa (2009, 2017) e Pablo Solón (2019); some contemporary dialogues that value indigenous thought as a central piece in the planet's systemic balance, in approaches provided by Alberto Acosta (2019) and Pablo Solón (2019). This research is based on the assumption that the prefix 'Tupi', included in the neologism Tupinipunk, is capable of producing the most diverse images of ‘Brazil’. The hypothesis behind this investigation is that the suffix 'Tupi', incorporated into the neologism Tupinipunk, is capable of delivering the most varied representations of Brazil.