ANA EM VENEZA: THE DOUBT AND THE EXILE AS MOTIVE FORCE OF ART

This work aims to approach the novel Ana em Veneza (1994), of João Silvério Trevisan, considering discussions around culture / national identity and exile that occur from the character Alberto Nepomuceno. Thereby it is discussed the impressions of a character who is faced with identity dilemmas, between a dominant western culture – european - and his roots whose character is multicultural and multifaceted, as well as when approaching the issue of exile in the work, this dilemma becomes even more evident. Therefore, as a theoretical basis, will be used studies about historical extraction narratives, in view of the historical rescue and biographical present in the work.