Da esperança de vida à vida em Bagaço, um estudo de A Bagaceira, romance de José Américo de Almeida

Abstract

The present thesis aims to present an analysis of the novel A bagaceira, by José Américo de Almeida, attempt to identify, through an interdiscursive reading, textual and discursive extracts related to the topic hope. The discussion takes place especially from the characters Valentim Pedreira and Soledade, whose characteristics, behaviors and attitudes bring with them meanings that highlight the situation of ascension, decline and resurgence of hope in the context of the literary work in question. For this, were approached: the conception of the literary text and its pluridiscursive nature; the use of literary hermeneutics; and ideas related to the novel in question, to the author and to literary regionalism. Thus, theoretically, the research is qualitative and essentially bibliographic. In this sense, were used Bakhtin (2011) and Maingueneau (2007 and 1993) reflections on the identity of discourse, as well as other authors who deal with the specifics of a discursive semantics, such as Fiorin (2005) and Ricoeur (2009). Were also taken as subsidy Furter (1974) and Beato (2018), authors who dimension the feeling about the element hope.