Abstract

VILLACA, Alcides. Imagem de Fabiano. Estud. av. [online]. 2007, vol.21, n.60, pp. 235-246. ISSN 0103-4014.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-40142007000200019.

This essay focuses on several aspects and implications of the composition of the character Fabiano in Graciliano Ramos’ novel Vidas secas, in order to emphasize the possibility - opened by the narrator - of surprising the great pleasure that succeeds to the main character when he understands the words and, with them, the reality they refer to.

Keywords : Graciliano Ramos; Vidas secas; Fabiano; Language and reality; Character’s composition.