Memória e ressentimento em O Tigre na Sombra, de Lya Luft

Abstract

Memory, as a construct of the experiences processed throughout life, gives opportunity of new perceptions about the experiences through the reframing of memories. Facing this, in this research presents an analysis of the remembrance process in the novel O tigre na sombra (2012), by Lya Luft considering the impacts of memories on the character Dolores. In the narrative, the action of resenting points to an excruciating feeling that hurts her, triggering harmful and irreversible results. Thus, the one chain of feelings are reassessed through the process of reframing, in an attempt to overcome the discomfort of memories, arranged through experiences with the members of the group and the symbolic bonds that designate the marks of their anxieties. The spaces of experiences emerge, in the present of remembrance, as triggers of memories that are signified by the protagonist. The research was based on the vision of Bosi (2003), Assmann (2011), Candau (2016) and Pollak (1992), who orient their studies towards the scope of memory and its constructive aspects; Halbwachs (2006), Bachelard (1993) and Borges Filho (2007), for discussing, respectively, collective memories, the living spaces where memory is preserved and the effects they emit. In the area of memory and forgetfulness, dialogue with Ricoeur (2008) and Weinrich (2011), as well as Ansart (2004) and Kehl (2015), which discuss the resentment and subjective gains of those who suffered disappointments and injustices, were pertinent. It was found that resentment as part of a process of affective construction of memory collects internal conflicts in Dolores capable of weakening love for itself.