WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT FLOWS INTO LITERATURE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CROOKED NOVEL ARADO, BY ITAMAR VIEIRA JUNIOR

Abstract

According to an ecocritical approach, this work has as its main objective to have an analysis of the novel Torto Arado, by Itamar Vieira Junior (2019). In addition, it has the following specific objectives: to discuss the theoretical assumptions of ecocriticism; intertwine the natural elements of Torto Arado with the postures addressed by Garrard (2006), Gifford (2009), Hanazaki et al (2013), Capra (2008) and other critics, relating ecology and literature; deepen the discussion of the relationship between the figure of women and nature from the three strong female voices in the work: Bibiana, Belonísia and the entity of Santa Rita Pescadeira; and, finally, to contribute to a better critical perception of literary texts by contemporary authors that can promote the study of literature and its relationship with the environment. As for the methodology, the research is of a qualitative character and interpretative approach, with a basic nature and descriptive objective that will be developed from the reading of the central novel. The study, therefore, was designed on top of a literature that has been thinking about environmental impacts and what consequences will be perpetuated for the future, as well as provoking the reader to think about what kind of bond has been established with nature and the discussions for possible changes. Therefore, Itamar's poetic prose rescues ancestral practices that go back to a relationship of respect with nature and expands the discussions of possibility within the literary text with regard to the proximity to feminine, regional, historical, social, political, geographical and religious aspects.