lavoura arcaica and the exposition of family’s intimacy: from private to public

ABSTRACT: This article aims to reflect about the situation of narrator-character Andr in Lavoura arcaica (1975) by Raduan Nassar. From the moment that Andr escapes from home he hides himself in a pension room living a dissolute life far away from familys eyes. When his brother Pedro arrives with intention to take him back at home Andr starts to expose his affliction and the reasons of his escape. One of the points that draw the attention in his narration is the form as the bodys familiar is presented. In truth his narration exposes the familys intimacy, making a kind of desprivated of those things that wouldnt have matter in public sphere because they arent considered as an action. But we understand that through this strategy Andr takes his father away from private sphere concerning to home and lunching him in other place, a public place where the action is the most important activity. From that the sons discourse is making equal to fathers discourse. So Andr gets authority to questioning, to contest and to parody the fathers discourse. Key-words: Family; Body; Exposition; Resistance; Lavoura arcaica