A marginalidade ganha as ruas: uma análise literária de Ô Copacabana!

Abstract

This is paper focuses on the analysis of the, gender of hybridism, urban experience and characters that permeate the book Ô Copacabana!, written by the brazilian João Antônio Ferreira Filho (1937-1996), published in 1978 by Editora Civilização Brasileira. Structuring elements of the universe of João Antônio’s narrative, his unique characters show a marked tendency in his writing: the predilection for those who are marginalized by society. Working intensively with themes of urban underworld in large cities, the writer makes use of ordinary practitioners to decant and narrate experiences of violence, pain, disillusionment and survival in an environment that hits and harden. As the narratives ranging in poles of order and disorder, their characters have changes of positions that vary depending on the textual content, a hallmark that most part of the critics calls it reversibility. Thus, the humiliated and offended can be the oppressive in the next turn of the page. Considering that this feature presents itself as a copyright mark that elevates João Antônio to a status of importance in Brazilian’s contemporary literature, this research will be presented by the analysis of his marginalized characters and themes.