A MEMÓRIA E O TRAUMA NA LITERATURA DE TESTEMUNHO:

Uma análise a partir da obra “pesadelo: narrativa dos anos de chumbo”, de Pedro Tierra.

Abstract

The events of the 20th century were marked mainly by catastrophes, such as the Holocaust in Europe and dictatorial regimes in Latin America, having an impact mainly on the Literature produced during that period. In view of the above, the aim of the article in question is to reflect on the relationship established between psychoanalytic theories and the literary genre of testimony, which links us to the possibility of reflecting on individual memory in the face of the traumas resulting from the nightmares of the Military Dictatorship. in Brazil (1964). Our starting point for the historical investigation is to carry out a brief historical-biographical account of Hamilto Pereira (Pedro Tierra) to understand the historical contextualization of his life experiences during the Brazilian Military Dictatorship, and later we will direct our reflection to the analysis of the work Pesadelo: Narrativas dos years of lead (2019). The investigation allowed us, through the interdisciplinarity between historical studies and the analytical process, to understand that a society without memory is a society doomed to repetitions of traumatic events, and that elaboration can be taken as a process of historical awareness.