História e linguagem: O (dis)curso de “Botão de Rosa” como lampejo no desnudamento da ditadura militar brasileira

Abstract

The Brazilian literary narrative in the 70s was marked by the presence of texts that questioned the discourses of social criticism, especially the Brazilian military regime. In the present article, we investigate the main aspects of this literature, both in history and in language, taking as main reference the short story “Botão de rosa” by Murilo Rubião. In the analysis of the narrative, we see how the assumption of resistance movements took place, with values propagated since the advent of the constitutionalist revolutions of the 1930s, passing through the literary manifestations of the poetic avant-gardes of the 50s until reaching the coup d'état. The novelty of such a publication in the 70's consists of the social denunciation in a single textual space, laying bare the unknowns of social repression in a fusion of an intense historical reality. In this support, the literary representations are essential as a glimmer of hope to the criticism of censorship of violence. When approaching themes such as violence, repression and escape, the short story needs a modern approach so that it is not censored like traditional literatures, especially for dealing with taboos through narrative.