Dominador e dominado: as relações hierárquicas em S. Bernardo

Abstract

The following research has as it aim to expose the relationship between the books and the life of Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, as well as a critical panorama about São Bernardo (1934), a novel chosen to be the focus of this research. In addition, this research has it is main purpose to analyze the relation between the main character of the narrative in question, Paulo Honório, and his employees, Rosa and Marciano. Such relation happens mainly by the possesion feeling which the main character of the novel has about what he believes he has the possession, including his own employees from his farm. Besides that, this research aims to demonstrate the likelihood among these characters from Graciliano Ramos’ novel and stately trace which had marked the brazilian society for years. To demonstrate this mentioned situation above, this analysis is going to originate from the main ideas pointed out by Candido (2006), Lima (2017), Reis (1987), Souza (2017), as well as other essential theorists for understandig the power relation in a society in which maintain patriarchal trace. Thus, by readings and analyses in São Bernardo, there was the conclusion that the relation between boss and employee is confused with slaving practice, establishing after all, a relation between domineering and subdued and which who posses the power control the other one.