Memórias do Cárcere: história, memória e literatura

This work aims to articulatethe triad history / memory / literaturein the masterpiece composed byGraciliano Ramos, Memórias doCárcere (Memories of prision). Theconcept of literature of testimonyappears as the articulator of the triad,demanding a new treatment in theconsideration of the relations betweenhistory and memory and history andliterature. The testimony of the authorexposes the past in its fragmented face:in the fissures of history, many timesnot reached by the historian, anothermemory emerges – a memory capableof contributing to the movement ofhistory’s self-reflection.