O grito dos subalternos: uma análise da obra Contos Negreiros de Marcelino Freire

Abstract

The present analyzes Contos Negreiros, a tale book written by Marcelino Freire, through Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak studies about subalternity. Because it is based on texts that trace tones of reality and that approach very lively themes in the daily life of the peripheries of the world, the work will be analyzed in this research. Given that Marcelino Freire approaches in his work subjects that are systematically excluded from the processes of social and economic representation, it was possible to establish a link between the theory and the literary piece. We will see how the subaltern person speaks through the characters who tell us about their indignation and salvation. The issue of women as inferior and dependent is wide open in the lines of one of the characters, the racism which is imposed every day, the homophobia that is flagged in the thought of the society, the pedophilia that happens daily under our supervision, the xenophobia, and the impunity which was built over the years on top of indigenous communities, among other seemingly commonplace situations.The concern here is to relate these literary characters and their affronts to the subordinate subject pointed out by Spivak. For that, we will use theories of postcolonial studies such as the author cited and Homi Bahba, as well as scholars about the literature such as Antônio Candido and his theory about the character and Anatol Rosenfeld.