Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:06:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 WagnerMP.pdf: 330782 bytes, checksum: f5d5f4c1bf8c530a43ac4e2b47a0b8f9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-07-01 / This dissertation analyses, within a psychoanalytical e literary perspective, the enigma of blindness in Graciliano Ramos s work. The approach takes into account, mainly, the narratives of Hist?rias de Alexandre (Alexandre s tales) and Inf?ncia (Childhood memories) as both books speak of the same theme: the injured eye. The writer s work is scourged so that a broaden symbolism regarding the hurt eye can be found. The subject is discussed from three significant elements: fragmentation, helplessness and melancholy; all these form the creative aesthetic of Graciliano, merging into a single object. Fragmentation representing the internal shattered world of his characters, which is reflected in the environment; helplessness, directly related to feelings of rejection; and melancholy, characterized by a strong feeling of emptiness. The theme of isolation and loss is discussed based on Mourning and melancholy, by Freud, and other theorizers. There is also a brief dialogue with the Romantic and philosophical theories, which tries to explain the melancholic condition in the individual before moments of distress. Such theories are the support for the understanding of the helplessness of the hero in Graciliano Ramos?s literature and for the assumption that the blindness in the mistreated boy of the book Inf?ncia could be the language of the traumatic aspect that colors the entire text of the writer. As matter of fact, it constitutes in the lost object represented in the anguish of the author s characters / Este trabalho analisa, dentro de uma perspectiva psicanal?tica e liter?ria, o enigma da cegueira na obra do escritor Graciliano Ramos. A abordagem sobre tal aspecto privilegia as narrativas de Hist?rias de Alexandre e Inf?ncia, pois ambos os livros falam de um mesmo tema: o olho ferido. Busca-se, em toda a obra do autor, uma simbologia maior para essa chaga que impregna tanto o texto de fic??o quanto o de mem?ria. O assunto ? abordado a partir de tr?s elementos significativos: a fragmenta??o, o desamparo e a melancolia. Todos estes integram a est?tica criativa de Graciliano, formando um ?nico objeto. A fragmenta??o representando o esfacelamento interno de seus personagens, refletido no mundo exterior; o desamparo, diretamente relacionado ao sentimento de rejei??o familiar e social; e a melancolia, caracterizada pelo forte sentimento de solid?o, pelo saudosismo profundo que envolve toda a obra. O tema do isolamento e da perda ? discutido tendo como base Luto e melancolia, de Freud, e na an?lise de outros te?ricos que discutem o mesmo assunto. Trava-se, ainda, um breve di?logo com as teorias rom?nticas e filos?ficas, as quais tentaram explicar o estado melanc?lico do indiv?duo diante de momentos angustiantes. Tais teorias servem de suporte para a compreens?o do desamparo do her?i em Graciliano Ramos e para conjeturar que a cegueira no menino maltratado de Inf?ncia seria a linguagem do aspecto traum?tico. Esta linguagem perpassa o discurso do escritor, marcando-o com a fragmenta??o e a falta, constituindo-se no objeto perdido que se revela na ang?stia de seus personagens