O dinamismo da linguagem em alguns contos de primeiras estórias.

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyse and interpret three short-stories in João Guimarães Rosa’s Primeiras Estórias, accentuating in each one of them essential aspects of language dynamism. Specifically, we shall emphasize rhythm, syntactic inversions and neologisms. Our first aim will entail, on a second plan, a textbook evaluation on the presence or absence of those aspects of João Guimarães Rosa’s language dynamism. In relation to language dynamism, we shall attempt to show that Rosa’s expressiveness is at the service of an inversion of expectations, namely, the author’s innovations take on a character of rebellion or sociohistorical unconformable ness. The emphasis given to the manipulative or creative impulse does not necessarily imply moving into a metropolitan setting; on the contrary, the prevailing scenery is the countryside and farms, and the characters are also simple people, but densely constituted. In sum, the shift from a state of traditional language to one which is revolutionary or innovative is characteristic of Primeiras Estórias throughout. Moreover, in the three short-stories we selected, the dynamic language structure is due to a change in the artistic composition and the author’s vision of the world: the rhythm and poetic syntax seek a way out or an unexpected creative solution to the conflicts which distress individuals in their diverse social categories. The solution to this deadlock nears absurdity and madness, sagacity and disguise, sometimes leading to intellectually dynamic creativity and to what we can call affective miracle.