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What did the strong ones want? An analysis of O que é isso, companheiro? e Os carbonários

Abstract

The article analyzes the constitution of the narrator in two memoires published at the end of the last Brazilian military dictatorship - Fernando Gabeira's O que é isso, companheiro?, and Os carbonários, by Alfredo Sirkis - trying to observe the way in which both conveyed the ideology of peacemaking that marked the transitional period. Both books enjoyed considerable success upon their release, their authors followed very similar political trajectories, and the texts can thus be considered paradigmatic of a discourse that gradually took over Brazil and had various consequences for the reconstruction of national institutions.

Keywords:
Brazilian military dictatorship; redemocratization; memorialistic text; narrator; Fernando Gabeira; Alfredo Sirkis

Grupo de Estudos em Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura da Universidade de Brasília (UnB) Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura, Departamento de Teoria Literária e Literaturas, Universidade de Brasília , ICC Sul, Ala B, Sobreloja, sala B1-8, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro , CEP 70910-900 – Brasília/DF – Brasil, Tel.: 55 61 3107-7213 - Brasília - DF - Brazil
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