Indio memories: a humanizing reading of daniel's indigenous literature Munduruku

Abstract

This article intends to compose an analysis of the humanizing function of the indigenous literature having as specific object of work in Indian Memories: an almost autobiography of Daniel Munduruku. The Brazilian author and professor belong to the Munduruku people, who until the 19th century occupied the Tapajós Valley in a dominant way. his indigenous nation today struggles to stay in the region and preserve its warrior tradition. It aims to articulate considerations about the autobiographical and, at the same time, fictional character of the work and to elaborate a reflection on the role of indigenous literature in the social sphere and its relation with the concept of humanization proposed by Antonio Candido in some of his texts. It is tried to problematize the crystallized ordinary condition that this writing seems to occupy in comparison to literatures produced in the occidental context and to emphasize the relevance of the mentioned texts for the diffusion and knowledge of this pluriculture, merely denominated of indigenous culture.