abstract
The concept “marginal literature” in Brazilian literature has changed in recent decades. Nowadays, it is synonymous with a specific writing style, certain texts and select authors. Over the last years, the concept is mostly associated to works produced in urban the peripheries, and its readership is primarily composed of people normally disregarded by the publishing market. Thematically, these works represent the voices of those who are mostly absent from Brazil’s literary panorama. However, the adjective “marginal” is not easy to define. Often the concept is associated with specific authors and works that employ the term in manifestos and interviews, rather than to describe what might be the aesthetic characteristics of “marginal” literature. This essay intends to give a detailed account of this literature in works such as Practical Manual of Hate by Ferréz. It is, therefore, a descriptive and comparative project, which hopes to identify some traces linked to a well-established literary genre that is distinct from other Brazilian literary marginalities.
Keywords:
marginal literature; orality; representation of the subaltern; Ferréz