A LITERATURA NO TESTIMONIO DE MENCHÚ E O TESTIMONIO NA LITERATURA DE ANZALDÚA: PALAVRAS COMO ARMA

Com base em algumas das definições de testimonio como gênero literário, este artigo compara as obras de Gloria Anzaldúa e Rigoberta Menchú, duas autoras que compartilham uma herança indígena e que parecem funcionar como mediadoras entre os mundos daqueles que elas vêem como opressores e oprimidos. As discussões apresentadas neste artigo baseiam-se diretamente no “Testimonio de Menchú”, um relato oral das atrocidades por ela testemunhadas na Guatemala na década de 1980, transformado em um livro escrito por Elisabeth Burgos, Debray, e alguns trechos das obras de Anzaldúa, escritora e teórica, que teve de aprender a viver cercada pelo preconceito contra os descendentes de mexicanos que vivem na fronteira do Texas com o México. Os principais objetivos deste artigo são: a) identificar os leitores implícitos de seus textos; e b) analisar o papel dos elementos literários em suas narrativas.

FROM CONTAGION TO ISOLATION: THE INSISTENT DYSTOPIAN FUTURE IN THE RAG DOLL PLAGUES AND SLEEP DEALER

This essay proposes a discussion on the insistence of a dystopian future and the attempt to get away from it in the novel The Rag Doll Plagues, by Alejandro Morales, and in the movie Sleep Dealer, by Alex Rivera. Through the union of the nationalities that constitute the NAFTA in Morales’s novel, and through the isolation proposed in Rivera’s movie, both works depict a time that faces serious inequality issues. Discussions about science fiction, posthumanism and alternative modernities will be taken into account to analyze the need of thinking about other ways of transgression in order to change our present.

Symbols of Paraná in different kinds of cultural expressions

ABSTRACT: The “azure jay” and the “pine tree” are among the most acknowledged representative symbols from Parana State in Brazil. They have been referenced by many different kinds of artistic expressions, such as theater, poetry and music. Along the years the tales about these cultural images have inspired regional and nationally recognized poets, writers and composers. In this perspective, considering the importance of these local symbols, this paper aims to verify how distinct kinds of artistic production, such as literary and musical works, depict these acknowledged symbols. So, as corpus to this research we took three texts. The first one is the song Gralha azul (1968), composed by Inami Custódio Pinto, which is considered one of the most outstanding songs of the cultural repertoire from Parana State. The second one is the poem Araucária (1999), by Helena Kolody. The third one is A lenda do pinheiro e a gralha azul (1972), which is in the first publication about blue azure jay’s tales, the book A sombra dos pinheirais (1925), by Eurico Branco Ribeiro. We analyze some lexical units such as “azure jay”, “pine tree” and “pinion”, trying to describe their meanings conveyed by the selected artistic work. The theoretical basis that guides this work are the Lexicology and Lexicography studies (BIDERMAN, 2001a, 2001b, 2001c), discussing the existing relation between lexicon, society and culture.   KEYWORDS: Lexicon; Symbols of Parana; Culture of Parana.