Crônica, autobiografia e memória no livro Na Correnteza do Rio, de Maria das Graças Ataíde Dias

Abstract

A countrywoman of great writers who appear in Brazilian national literature, the Alagoas writer Maria das Graças Ataíde Dias has a work that is still little known. Inserting his work in academic discussions, with a view to relevant benefits for Alagoas society and the surrounding area of UFAL Campus do Sertão, constitutes the justification for this work. The objective of the research is to analyze the book Na Correnteza do Rio in order to place it in the panorama of literary genres, based on the hypothesis that in the list of chronicles it is projected in an autobiographical condition. Nevertheless, the literary nuances inherent to the genre, which is often underestimated, can be observed. To achieve the desired knowledge, we resorted to qualitative research procedures, of a bibliographic nature. We rely on the theoretical contributions of Aguiar e Silva (1976), Moisés (2004a; 2012b), Frye (2013a; 2017b), Todorov (2020), Castagnino (1971), Benjamin (1987), Coutinho (1995), Candido (2011), Sá (1992), Arrigucci (1987), Guimarães (1988), Bender and Laurito (1993), among others. Therefore, a qualitative approach was used in the interpretation of the identified phenomena, among which it was verified that the hybridity of the chronicle is not a demerit or a justifying factor for the stigma of a limited and unclassifiable gender, furthermore, its history is linked to the tradition of narrative.