Discursive interaction and subjectivation in contemporary conditions of marginal literary staging

Abstract

In Brazil, in the 1970s, a type of production emerged whose voices define a transgressive position particularized by aspects of the periphery, their place of speech. Since then, writers have shown their living conditions and the problems of individuals far from urban centers. Such spokespeople distance themselves from prestigious writing. It is Marginal Literature, whose expression has its own identity, highlighting a marginalized condition by transgressing social norms as a form of resistance. In this direction, our article studies the manifestations of the subjects in the literary production Solar dos Príncipes, by Marcelino Freire, which problematizes the tensions of life in the periphery. We verify how subjects inscribe themselves in the literary scenography and position themselves in relation to violence, discursive interaction amidst the complexity of a society marked by ethnic-racial issues and inequality. To do this, we resort to the foundations of Discourse Analysis, proposed by Maingueneau (1993, 2015, 2018), in which Linguistics and Literature dialogue. Authors who discuss Marginal Literature: Ferréz (2005), Schollhammer (2009), Patrocínio (2013), Tennina (2017), Matos (2020, 2023) and Matos and Nascimento (2022) complement our discussion. The results point to a literature of resistance in the face of nonconformity and socioeconomic and cultural inequalities of those who live on the periphery.