ENTRE A FICÇÃO E A HISTÓRIA: IMAGENS DO BRASIL COLONIAL EM DESMUNDO

Abstract

This article analyzes the novel Desmundo, by the author from Ceará, Ana Miranda, from its historical perspective, since this narrative reconstructs important aspects of Brazilian colonial society in the 16th century, as well as some of the aesthetic characteristics of its literary composition. Departing from letters sent by priest Manuel da Nóbrega from the King of Portugal, D. João, Miranda fictionally recounts the experience of seven orphans sent by the Crown to establish marriage with portuguese who lived here. To this end, the author uses the reconstruction of historical bias, heterodiscourse, pastiche and his own works as a draftsman to produce a novel that questions and parodies official speeches about the country's past.