THE “BIOGRAPHICAL” SUBJECT IN TEZZA’S FICTION

Abstract

In this article, we propose a discussion about biography, history and fiction, theoretical issues raised in O filho eterno (2011), by Cristovão Tezza. There is in the work the construction of a fictional world that uses life experiences as a primary source of inspiration, but that, by configuring it through language, transcends it, transforms it. The novel focuses on the story of a father who discovers that his son has Down syndrome, in the 80s, and presents pendular movements of the narrator as a subject and narrative analyst. Here, we investigate the hypothesis that there are reflections of the father subject in the fictional construction of Tezza, as narrator and character, thus manifesting, in language, the difficulty in delimiting a boundary between fiction and non-fiction in the work. Therefore, we rely on reflections on the problems of history, fiction and biography discussed and contextualized based on the analysis of excerpts from the work and supported by Bosi (2013), Gagnebin (2001), Lejeune (2014) and others.