Abstract
This study aims to analyze the relationship between literature and poverty, through its symbolic form, in Roniwalter Jatobá’s short story Insônia, part of the anthology Contos Antológicos de Roniwalter Jatobá, organized by Luis Ruffato. For this purpose, we work with several concepts that serve as theoretical input and, subsequently, as critical categories of analysis. In this study, etymologies, metaphors and concepts by Giorgio Agamben, Hans Blumenberg and other theorists thatserve as figures of thought, are implicated to reflect on the representation of poverty, misery and work in Brazilian literature and culture.
Keywords:
Poverty; Misery; Work; Roniwalter Jatobá