A questão dos gêneros literários e os novos textos narrativos : um estudo da obra A vida descalço, de Alan Pauls.

Abstract

This dissertation presents a theorical reflection about the literary genres in order to understand how they are being treated since ancient times, and how these notions are in the works of contemporary authors. To understand what has been perceived in these texts in relation to the difficulty to be able to define their litarary genre, it is important to resume the classical conceptions, which, in this dissertation, are presented especially in accordance with the ideas of Plato and Aristotle. Therefore, the contributions of Emil Staiger and Yves Stalloni and their reflections about the changes that the study of literary genres has shown over time are also important. In fact, when considering these contemporary works that confuse the reader to the point that he can not be sure if the narrative is true, even in autobiographies, or fiction, it is necessary to bring the important studies of Lejeune and his autobiographical pact. The writer Doubrowsky, upon learning of the autobiographical pact, writes the work Fils, the first narrative characterized as a autofiction. Thus, the hybridism is not considered a new genre, but it is another alternative to the author establish his style. Finally, the research turns to the literary text to interpret the work A vida descalço, written by the argentine contemporary author Alan Pauls. To do so, it takes into account the theorical perspective of hermeneutics, which is a path that embraces assumptions used for interpretation: attitude of listening, non-application of a previous theory for the interpretation of the literary text, the search for the expansion the meanings of literary text.