Augusto Matraga e a valorização da cultura do sertão: uma análise bibliográfica

Abstract

In literature, a writer's work reflects not only his personal experiences and perspectives, but also the culture of which he was a part of. This literary analysis aims to study the portrait of the countryside of Minas Gerais, as it is shown in "The Hour and the Turn of Augusto Matraga", the last story of Guimarães Rosa’s Sagarana. The review will detail the historical factors that both contribute to and inform the narrative, specifically discussing how the fall of the ruling systems in Brazil during the 1920s and the changes that took place in the 1930s in the country's literary, social and cultural spheres affected the production of the tale and the story it tells. This study will also analyze how religion, as presented in Matraga's character reflects the religious syncretism of Brazil and transforms him into a timeless cultural icon. In its conclusions, the study recognizes the way in which Rosa created an intrinsically Brazilian character, who is eternalized both for the story told and for what he represents, as well as for the country's literature through the cultural mirror that is created