Corpo político, espaços poéticos: leituras da performance, do espaço e dos silêncios em Torto Arado, de Itamar Vieira Junior

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to discuss the relationship between literature, ontology, phenomenology, performance, and space in the novel Torto Arado (2019), by Itamar Vieira Junior. To this end, the study will draw on a classical theoretical foundation from literature, philosophy, and sociology, as well as elements that may contribute to the discussion of body and space. Furthermore, with regard to the content of the novel and its context of production, the theoretical foundation is rooted in cultural studies—particularly those related to the performance of the Black population in capitalist society, as addressed in Performances do Tempo Espiralar (2021), by Leda Maria Martins—and in the poetic and ontological construction of space in The Poetics of Space (2008), by Gaston Bachelard. Based on this framework, the study aims to explore the construction of Black representations and performances, their ontologies and phenomenologies, and their relationship with land/nature. Accordingly, regarding methodology, the analysis will be based on the subjective selection of excerpts from the book, supported by the theoretical framework developed throughout the Graduate Program in Literature and Culture. Therefore, this research will have an interpretive character and will take into account a socio-historical perspective for the study of this work within contemporary Brazilian literature.