CANDUNGA, BY BRUNO DE MENEZES: A UTOPIAN AND UNIVERSAL NOVEL IN THE AMAZON OF PARÁ

Abstract

The present work makes some reflections on the novel Candunga (1954), by Bruno de Menezes (1893-1963), a black, poor writer born in the outskirts of Belém (PA), who used literature, cooperativism and unionism as a form of resistance and struggle for a just and egalitarian society. The book preserves the main characteristics of the second modernist generation, such as social themes, dialoguing with other works of this period, but the author from Pará and his production did not obtain the necessary prominence by the canon. This article aims to demonstrate the importance of the narrative and its author, highlighting them with universal characteristics, whose classification permeates regionalism. The reflections proposed here follow the utopian nature of Menezes' novel, which stands out for its libertarian and revolutionary content, as well as the concepts of sedenarrative and aquonarrative that emerge from the text.  For this discussion, some authors were evoked: Bosi (1994); Cândido (2006); Jobim (2020; 2021); Eagleton (1976); Leão and Campos (2021); Lukács (2000); Nunes (2001; 2004) among others. Finally, this work has as its main basis of analysis the qualitative methodology and involves bibliographic research, whose information points to the importance of the novel on screen and its author for the Amazonian and Brazilian literary scenario.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.029-038