Entre o caminho e a caminhada : a construção de imagens simbólicas do centro em Caminhos de quando e além

Abstract

This work addresses the construction of symbolic images of the Center in Paths of When and Beyond, a work by Helena Parente Cunha, published in 2007. Based on the studies of Cavalcanti (2008), Ramalho (2006, 2015), Fernandez (1972, 1973), Monteiro (2005), Ribeiro (2010) and Chevalier & Gheerbrant (2001), the research aims to elucidate the functionality of the phenomenology of these constructions in the author’s work, developing the mapping of these images, aiming to build a dictionary of the Center symbols, found there, establishing their respective classifications. From this, the aim is to expand the interpretative horizon of the work through suggestion and possibility. We hope, with the proposed approach, to contribute to expanding the author’s critical fortune and strengthening literary studies centered on the use of symbols as language.