Violência e trauma em Capitâes da areia (1998), de Jorge Amado

Abstract

Violence triggers situations that influence the constitution of the individual. This can be linked to the formation and evocation of memories that influence decision-making, defining factors that boosted the memory of the trauma. For study purposes, the central problem is howthe relationships and meaning effects of trauma affect the process of remembering violence in the character Sem-Pernas in the work Capitães da Areia (1998) by Jorge Amado? The general objective of the work is to understand the processes of formation of the traumatic subject in the central character based on memories evidenced by the narrator; as specific objectives this research analyzes the perspective of memory in the narrative; investigates the relevance of trauma as a constitutive process of the subject/character; and interprets the relationships established between memory and trauma that Sem-Pernas goes through when he commits suicide. Therefore, to carry out the investigation, qualitative and bibliographical research was

adopted, substantiated by the proposals of Halbwachs (1990), Izquierdo (2018), Seligmann- Silva (2008), Bosi (2017), Friedman (2002) , among others. Thus, it was discussed the

constitution of trauma in the conception of life generated by memories that constitute, since it is not contained in itself, but prevails in attitudes that generate modulations, giving new meaning to the act that the character had suffered, thus making different views and perceptions of a representational act, that is, what was experienced by the character.