Two writers created by Graciliano Ramos

ABSTRACT This text consists of a study of the characters JoãoValério, from Caetés (published in 1933), and Paulo Honório, from S. Bernardo (published in 1934). The focus on these two characters created by Graciliano Ramos is justified by the fact that, even when it comes to men that in many aspects are different from each other, they are similar in the act of writing, activity that also makes them close to their creator. The considerations here presented lead to the interpretation that, for the two men in question, the act of writing is marked, ultimately, as activity of self-consciousness and recognition. KEYWORDS: João Valério; Paulo Honório; Writing.