Ciranda de Pedra e Fazes-me Falta

A linguagem errante em Lygia Fagundes Telles e Inês Pedrosa

Abstract

This paper aims at a dialogue between contemporary Brazilian and Portuguese literature, focusing on the analysis of the novels Ciranda de Pedra, by Lygia Fagundes Telles, and Fazes-me Falta, by Inês Pedrosa; through the perspective of language, knowing that this category, in the work of the referred authors, is shown as errant, full of vague spaces, dwelling in incompleteness, and demonstrating to be impotent to clarify what has been said. When it comes to the Brazilian writer, this is her debuting novel, in which she herself considers it as a watershed in her literary career for being aesthetically more elaborate than the other ones. On the other hand, Inês Pedrosa, according to the critics, started to appear in the literary field, mainly, because of this novel. Because of this, both books were significant to their success, which can also be justified by the irreverence in the language within their pages. The analysis will be introduced through the eyes of theorists and critics that have contributed to the study of contemporary literature, specially Maurice Blanchot (1997; 1987). In order to understand the examination made by the critics about Pedrosa and Lygia’s fiction, works by Diana Navas, Telma Ventura (2017) and Sônia Régis (1998) –amongst others – will be consulted. The studies about the works of both authors have been growing since more readers have gotten to know the meaningful romantic legacy that awaits new researchers willing to plunge into their winding language.