Memory, dictatorship and criticism of biographical reason in journalism

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31501/esf.v1i25.14100

Keywords:

Journalism. Life stories. Memory. Military Dictatorship. Daniela Arbex., reportage, life stories, memory, military dictatorship, Daniela Arbex

Abstract

Based on historical, philosophical and literary critical studies of the biographical genre, this article analyzes the hybrid nature of life writing, dependent on fiction and reality. It analyzes the uses of the (auto)biographical in the book report Cova 312, by Daniela Arbex (2015), which tells life stories traversed by the brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985). In it, the stories suggest a double ethical-political exercise: memory and critique of biographical reason.

Author Biographies

  • Cândida de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG), Ponta Grossa, PR, Brasil

    E-mail: candida.oliveira07@gmail.com

  • Jorge Kanehide Ijuim, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil

    E-mail: ijuimjor@gmail.com

Published

2022-11-17

Issue

Section

Comunicação e estudos biográficos

How to Cite

Memory, dictatorship and criticism of biographical reason in journalism. (2022). Esferas, 1(25), 120-136. https://doi.org/10.31501/esf.v1i25.14100