Memória, tempo e espacialidade: as crônicas de José Lins do Rego no jornal O Globo

Abstract

In this piece of work, we investigate a set of nineteen chronicles written by José Lins do Rego and published in the Rio de Janeiro’s daily newspaper O Globo, between 1930s and 1950s. In our investigative process, we have considered, at first, the texts produced by reviewers and memorialists, which describe José de Lins’ chronicles and his activity as chronicler. Through the research, we have noticed that there are two temporal movements in the chronicles. Thus, in a collection of them, Jose Lins explores the past and includes, employing a memorialist narrative, the spaces described in his novels that comprises the "sugar cane” writing cycle; but in other collections of chronicles, the author reflects on issues representing his present time. Therefore, the main purpose of this dissertation is to analyze how Jose Lins has devoted himself to reflecting chiefly on his present time based on the subjects art and politics, in his writings about space and related to his daily life matters as chrocliner in Rio de Janeiro; in the chronicles concerning Brazilian Northeastern region, José Lins turns to the past, approaching specifically spaces with which he has developed some affective relationship, even when describing works of other intellectuals. We draw on the hypothesis that holds time maintains an intrinsic bonding with the space in José Lins’ chronicles. We base our research upon a theoretical framework that includes writings by Dosse (2009), Klinger (2014), Scramim (2007), Gagnebin (2003), Benjamim (1994), Gomes (2004), Arfuch (2010), Júnior (2009) and others authors who have contributed on reflections over temporalities in the chronicles.