Memory and testimony: what and why the prisoners tortured by the military dictatorship laugh in the novel <i>The interminable body</i>, by Claudia Lage

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  • Cleidson Frisso Braz Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-6385.127859

Abstract

This article discusses the novel The Endless Body through an analysis of the fictional elements produced by the author to shed light on a moment obscured by official history: the military dictatorship. This is about the relationship between testimonial literature (SELIGMANN-SILVA, 2003; GAGNEBIN, 2006), memory (RICOEUR, 2007) and history (BENJAMIN, 1994), which can be noted in the author's work. A critical analysis of literature is adopted as a methodological strategy, highlighting the presence of laughter in many characters as a coercive form to replace anguish and suffering in the face of torture. The presented analysis endorses the understanding of literature as a vector in the production of an ethical memory about those oppressed by the regime of oppression.

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Published

2023-07-17

How to Cite

BRAZ, Cleidson Frisso. Memory and testimony: what and why the prisoners tortured by the military dictatorship laugh in the novel <i>The interminable body</i>, by Claudia Lage. Cadernos do IL, [S. l.], n. 64, p. 37–58, 2023. DOI: 10.22456/2236-6385.127859. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/cadernosdoil/article/view/127859. Acesso em: 10 sep. 2026.

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Artigos de estudos literários