Minor Literature: the peripheral literature represented in the work Os Supridores, by José Falero

Abstract

As a process, contemporary Latin American literature has represented the relationship between literature and the sociocultural context, emphasizing the relationship between subject and identity, with this, the existence of a literature identified as being minor has been discussed. In this context, this study has the general objective of presenting concepts about minor literature, as well as discussing the representativeness of peripheral literature. For this purpose, the research corpus is the work Os Supridores (2020) by José Falero (1987) is a novel that seeks to represent the culture of the periphery, highlighting the issue of spaces in which much is discussed about the archeology of poverty, which treats misery based on a need to establish the integrity of the human person, considering the right to live with dignity, considering the dehumanization of paid work. The methodology is based on a bibliographic research based on the material discussed in Contemporary Latin American Narratives classes, Garramuño (2014); Schollhammer (2011); Agamben (2009); Resende (2008), among other authors that support the discussion.