O lúdico e o maravilhoso em O sofá estampado de Lygia Bojunga Nunes

Abstract

The subject matter of this study is grounded on the analysis of the playful and wonderful aspects contained in the book O sofá estampado, of Lygia Bojunga Nunes. The issue of the research is based on the study of the fantastic aspects of some points of the narrative in which the imaginary and wonderful predominate and, as a consequence, are identified from the narrative construction, that is, in the characters universe. A bibliographic review was conducted for the wonderful, strange and fantastic concepts from different theorists viewpoints in order to try to clarify and set the framework of each concept. After studying such themes and procedures regarding these genders of imaginary, we found that Todorov s theory is the one which best applies to the analysis of the LBN text. We also looked into how unreal characters Dalva and Vítor are framed by the real effects of the speech, creating a verisimilitude effect in the narrative. For this purpose, we revisited Aristotle and the major theorists such as Barthes to look into the mimesis and verisimilitude concepts. The wonderful or the fantastic substantiates whenever the character Vítor digs to find a balance in the universe of the desert street, whereas the wonderful or the fantastic is a resource which allows to shorten the time of maturity of the character, since, by using magic, the character runs from unbalance to balance faster, otherwise the narrative would take much more time. The universe of the desert street may take different meanings, e.g. the character s search for knowledge inside itself. Accordingly, the work is interesting for the reader of any age and different intellectual levels, since it allows various levels of understanding and reading