A estética da errância em O Recado do morro

Abstract

This study highlights the mythological relationship in O recado do Morro (1995), by Guimarães Rosa, through the Afro-diasporic lens, which confronts4 in one of its manifestations4 Greco-Roman classical mythology and African mythology, identifying points of tension and contact that sustain both in intersection. The proposal argues, based on Édouard Glissant9s concepts in Poetics of Relation (2021), that it is through the language of the work that the prophecy of the Morro da Garça is transmitted within the narrative via the “eco-world,” realized through errancy in constant expansion. In this regard, the research examines how the eco-world shifts within Rosa’s narrative, understanding the enunciative crossing as part of the crossroads. The study also revisits African mythology, specifically the myths surrounding Exu, aiming to recover its pluriform and timeless composition, which dialogues with the perspective of chaos-world, derived from the eco-world and responsible for maintaining social organization. In alignment with Glissant’s poetics, the work integrates the contributions of other scholars of the Afro-diaspora who were essential to observing the language, such as Edimilson de Almeida Pereira (2010; 2022), who understands the relation proposed by Glissant as part of the transformation of language in its Orfe(x)u and Exunouveau modes; and Leda Maria Martins (2022.a; 2022b), who addresses the hierarchy of the rosary rituals and the spiral and memorial time perspective, topics essential for supporting the research. Furthermore, the study engages with existing literary criticism on the work, including the writings of Wisnik (1998; 2018), Sperber (1982), and Araújo (1992), as well as other researchers who comment on Rosa9s dynamic language, such as Hansen (2000) and Nodari (2024), with the aim of understanding and bringing into contact the possible tensions in Rosa9s work with the Afro-diaspora and, ultimately, with the errancy that manifests in both the opacity and transparency of the Relation.