The representation of the black man in Autumn Mushrooms (1972) by Gladstone Osório Mársico

Abstract

The article analyzes the representation of the black in postmodern literature, specifically without a novel, Mushrooms of Autumn by the Erechinese writer Gladstone Osório Mársico (1927-1976). The focus of the study is the year of publication of the work, in 1972, and the setting proposed by the author - even when making use of fictional cities - is Erechim, located in the north of Rio Grande do Sul. Erechim ex-district of Passo Fundo, it was emancipated on April 30, 1918. It is a region populated by indigenous people, caboclos, lusos, afro-descendants and, later, by other immigrants. In this environment, the Erechinese writer and councilor was inspired to elaborate his fictional satirical work. The study, in theoretical methodological terms, dialogues with Cultural History and stands on the border between Literature and History. Cross-checking includes bibliographic review and use for an analysis of the concept of representations by Roger Chartier.