Caracterização e evolução de Carlos de Melo, protagonista dos romances Menino de Engenho, Doidinho e Banguê, de José Lins do Rego.

Abstract

On an aesthetic approach, this work had the objective to contribute with a critical analysis of the character and the action of Carlos de Melo, the narrator that is also the protagonist in Menino de Engenho, Doidinho and Bangüê, novels that form part of the meganarrative of the sugar-cane, written by José Lins do Rego. This analysis is justified for the fact that part of the criticism about the novelist is supported on his biography in order to attribute a sense to his work, particularly in relation to this trilogy. This way, we developed a bibliographical research, starting from the reading of the works that compose the corpus to, afterwards, read the theoretical and critical texts. We tried to be attentive to what is constant and what is added in the character along the three narratives. Thus, we verified that the character of Carlos de Melo oscillates, but it evolves from novel to novel and it is in Bangüê that the trace of the anti-hero is consolidated.