ROTAS DO SERTÃO: PATATIVA DO ASSARÉ E EUCLIDES DA CUNHA ENTRE IDENTIDADE E REPRESENTAÇÃO

Abstract

This study intends on analyzing the representation of the sertão and the identity of the sertaneja in the works of Patativa do Assaré and Euclides da Cunha, as well as tracing the biographic and literary character of both from an intercultural and intersubjective perspective. In this sense, it is important to remark that Brazilian culture is distinct in that it is diverse from its formation, with manifestation originating from Africans, Native-Americans and Europeans roots, in the first instance, and in the subsequent social history, other Asian-European and North-American, do not posses any singular model. Therefore, another fundamental aspect to be discussed are the concepts of culture, popular and classic culture, popular literature and classic literature, on a line the follows the most recent studies on multi-culturalismo, cultural hybridization and intercultural relations; these studies support theories on the concepts of culture and literature, both popular and classic, in the contemporary sphere. And so were ensued the researches on bibliography, in the field of cultural, literary, sociological and historical studies, with an emphasis on the main theme. These studies ensued on the texts of the analyzed authors (Patativa and Euclides) and harmonized with other authors works, witch tie in with the sertão subject and the sertanejo, such as José de Alencar, João Cabral de Mello Neto, Luiz Gonzaga, Jorge Amado; and it also references to other authors and poets. Such written materials aim to the analyses of dialogical relations existent among the cited, evaluating at witch proportion theses texts relate to one another in the many forms of the literary manifestation. The studies on Compared literature are used as a compass for this research, emphasizing on what they see and what they speak Patativa do Assaré and Euclides da Cunha in their works. In this viewpoint, justified is the study here proposed, underlining the contribution given by theses authors to the construction and growth of Brazilian culture, proving it has more than one model; and that the relations between these cultural manifestations are explained by history itself; and, finally, that the national cultural represents the diversity existent on Brazil s social milieu.