Realism in Os supridores

a lukacsian interpretation of the representation of reality

Abstract

For Lukács, true literature takes shape when the representation of reality is set up in such a way that it is possible to understand the human essence and reach critical awareness in relation to the logic of the organization of the world. This relationship emerges when the novel uses a specific literary method, the realist, articulating two main aspects: the typicality of the characters and the narrative method under the primacy of action. Taking this into consideration, this paper aims to develop an exercise of interpreting Lukácsian realism based on a reading of the contemporary Brazilian novel Os supridores, by José Falero (2020). Therefore, we focus our analysis on the composition of the character Pedro and the reading of the world provided by the narration of this story. The methodology used was qualitative bibliographical research, basing the analysis mainly on Lukács (1965) and researchers who review and interpret the concepts of this theorist (Bordini, 2003; Braga, 2018; Frederico, 2013; Perrone, 2003). Finally, we hope that the analysis contributes to an initial reflection on the perception of realism in this novel, which contributes to the critical emancipation of its reader as it represents, with verisimilitude, social experiences that express violence, exploitation at work and social exclusion. — drawing on Adorno and Benjamin — how such procedures and their object of representation (the human) also articulate something about the transforming world that shapes these very subjects — both the represented and the artist.