THE LANDSCAPES OF BERNARDO ÉLIS IN WORK VERANICO DE JANEIRO

Abstract

This article discusses about the landscapes contained in the book Veranico de Janeiro, authored by Bernard Élis. We assume that literature is not an accurate representation of reality, despite the reference of reality. Moreover, we believe that literature and literary narratives are based on the experiences, and perspectives of the author. While he is making an artistic act he does not have commitment to "truth" and plays with it in order to compose the "real" and "unreal". So it is necessary to observe the socio-spatial trajectory of the author - his life story and spatialities which symbolically compose his experiences in order to precisely understand the production process of his work and the work for itself. In this case, Bernardo Élis composes his language and representations based on his experiences of "sertão" of Goiás. This is clear in Veranico de Janeiro, for the writer not only expresses the Goiás society and its contradictions marked in time-space, but also its relationship with the environment and, consequently, the formation of the landscape of this relationship.