The Araguaia Writes, the Araguaia is Read
The Jungle as an Archive According to Geocriticism Theory in Palabras cruzadas by Guiomar de Grammont
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Guiomar de Grammont, Archive, Geocriticism, MetafictionAbstract
This paper analyzes Guiomar de Grammont’s novel Palabras cruzadas (2015) from a geocritical and metafictional perspective, exploring how the literary archive becomes a space of resistance against the official memory of Brazil’s military dictatorship (1964-1985). The objective is to examine how the novel’s fragmented narrative constructs a topography of memory through the use of diaries, testimonies, and fictionalized historical documents. The study will address the tensions between the state archive and microhistory as competing narratives that shape the meaning of memory. The methodology consists of a literary analysis based on Robert Tally Jr.'s geocriticism and Foucault’s archival theory. In this way, the study will reveal how the novel configures the Araguaia jungle as a narrative territory where official history is challenged by a polyphony of silenced voices and how documents can create a new memory.
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