A Supremacia do homem comum em Balaio de Bugre, de Hélio Serejo

Abstract

The corpus of this research consists of analysis of some narratives of the Obras Completas de Hélio Serejo (2008), and in particular, thirteen tales of the work Balaio de bugre (2008) by South Mato Grosso writer Hélio Serejo. The critical-theoretical apparatus is aligned to the core elements of the reflection in the context of Cultural Studies and Postcolonial, in which the issue of identity and its construction cares in order to generate empowerment, dignity and leadership to individuals. The overall understanding of the work is done from the understanding of the history of the region, their training, through a public collective archive, and the analysis of the questioning of the concepts of identity, representation, culture, borders, background and tradition. Tales emerges, the leader, the common man, simple man, fruit of the life history of the "new people" after the war with Paraguay. Thus said, we propose to understand the cultural and literary strategies steeped in texts of this author to raise the common man (rustic, peasant, swing, stroller, Indian, cowboy, migrant, among others) the status of supreme hero of their stories. The iconic characters based on figures from the wilderness, wetland, chaco and the border are people supposed common for some, but the author places them in the foreground, giving them the supremacy of the protagonist, the greatest attention in the narrative.