Escrever para não esquecer: uma leitura de "Memória de elefante", de Antônio Lobo Antunes

Abstract

This text comprises an analysis of the memory imagery resultant from the remembrance of the main character (a psychiatrist) of António Lobo Antunes novel Memória de elefante (Elephant Memory). In order to do this, memory images were investigated: from the hospital, from Africa, from the characters family, from writing. The main goal was to analyze and comprehend the process of construction and repetition of these images in the narrative through critical discussions on issues such as memory, the process of recognition of memory imageries, the identification of movements and of the processes concerning thesubject of memory. The investigative procedure conducted in this research has been guided by Henri Bergsons theoretical propositions on the topic of memory, which have been presented in his book Matéria e Memória (Matter and Memory).