Memórias de medo: A construção do terror em A dança dos ossos, de Bernardo Guimarães

Abstract

Throughout the centuries, Grotesque referred to the literary aesthetics as well as to the arts. One of the literary examples is Bernardo Guimarães’ A dança dos ossos, a tale in which we aim to discuss as horror literature. Taking as the main objective the identification of Grotesque and the meaning behind it, we listed the concept of Horror, based on H. P. Lovecraft, memory and orality, based on Halbwacks, Bergson and Zumthor, respectively,aiming at the analysis of fragments of the tale. We hope, thus, on adding to the literary studies that deal with such themes.