Abstract
This essay analyzes the report O esqueleto na lagoa verde (1953CALLADO, Antonio (1953/2010). O esqueleto na lagoa verde: ensaio sobre a vida e o sumiço do coronel Fawcett. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras .), and the novels Quarup (1967CALLADO, Antonio (1967/2014). Quarup. Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio.) and A expedição Montaigne (1982CALLADO, Antonio (1982/2014). A Expedição Montaigne. Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio .), by Antonio Callado, based on the theme of revenge as a possibility of resistance and construction of a future against the authoritarianism of the military regime and the colonial process. The indigenous peoples characters and the peasants represent the dispute for land allied to a discursive and knowledge dispute, therefore the incendiary gestures of revolt are understood as ways of questioning who has the right to violence in Brazil and who is interested in the discourse of peace.
Keywords:
revenge; indigenous peoples; peasants; military regime