ABSTRACT
The objective of this article is to analyze the construction of spaces in the two temporal axes that structure the work The other foot of the mermaid (2006). The investigative path adopted is developed from the analysis of the resources used in the composition of the spaces that structure the novel and reveal the different historical times staged. The theoretical contributions of Luiz Alberto Brandão (2013), Osman Lins (1976) and Ozíris Borges Filho (2007) provide elements for understanding the dynamics of the spatial category in the narrative. In The other foot of the mermaid (2006), the construction of fictional spaces reveals power and oppression in the past, desolation and reconstruction in the present.
KEYWORDS
Composition; Fictional Spaces; Structure; The other foot of the mermaid