Pode a literatura latino-americana nos ensinar a respeitar os imigrantes?

Abstract

The present essay shows a discussion about the interstices between literature and immigration. To this end, our problematizations consider the specificities of Latin America as a space in conflict that illustrates territorial transits of border peoples in contemporaneity. Emphasizing a series of recent events, which highlight the complexity of immigration, by means of human rights violation of immigrants in many countries, we propose the following guiding question: Can Latin American literature teach us to respect the other? From this inquiry, we will analyze two non-canonical poems concerning the experience of the immigrant in strange lands, pointing out the importance of having access and, consequently, reading literature in different spaces, as an object that allows us to know our own history and humanize ourselves. Regarding theoretical foundation, we especially dialogue with texts from Antonio Candido (2004), Regina Dalcastagnè (2012; 2018) and Marcia Tiburi (2018).