CANOA POÉTICA NO RIO DE MEMÓRIAS DE POTIGUARA

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to investigate how ancestry, the writing of experiences and the role of indigenous women are experienced in the work Metade Cara, Metade Máscara, by Eliane Potiguara; and how violence is used as a silencing category. Potiguara is anchored in ancestry, covering more than five hundred years of invasion in a timeless narrative. In this narrative, we have the love story between the characters Cunhataí and Jurupiranga; the search for ancestry; the reunion with the identity; the projection of a better future. There are also the writer's reports, essay, storytelling in a plural narrative. Our main interest in analyzing her work is focused in three aspects: the analysis of the poetic images and its composition; the dialogue of contemporary indigenous literature with its ethnic group and the writing that speaks on behalf of a collectivity.There is an articulation between the history of Potiguara and contemporary ancestral indigenous women. The reading proposal is based on a theoretical corpus on memory, ancestry, as well indigenous representation, since these elements make up the indigenous experience in the construction of their subjectivity. Authors with recognized contributions on the theme of memory and identity such as Selligmann-Silva and Maluf, indigenous representation as in Olivieri-Godet, Graúna, Kambeba and Krenak and others. To know works like Potiguara's is to recognize the multiplicity that exists in contemporary literature and listen to the poetic song of resistance.

Key words: indigenous literature; memory; ancestry; identity; violence.