Abstract
The article focuses on the issue of intergenerational memory as it appears in some works of contemporary Brazilian literature: Azul Corvo (Crow Blue), by Adriana Lisboa (2014), Meus desacontecimentos, a história de minha vida com as palavras (My unevents: the story of my life with words), by Eliane Brum (2014) and Olhos d’água (Waterholes), by Conceição Evaristo (2015). We question the appeals “memorial novel”, “filiation novel” and “family novel” by checking their applicability in the case of the novels mentioned which are representative of feminine literature in Brazil today. We investigate ways of inter and transgenerational transmission with emphasis on (a) the relationship of the characters with their ancestors; (b) the functions of inheritance and transmission.
Keywords
inter and transgenerational memory; modes of transmission; memorial novel; filiation novel; family novel