Memória como recurso diegético do drama contemporâneo

Abstract

The analytical proposal of this paper is based on the idea that memory becomes a diegetic resource in some contemporary dramaturgical production. Taking as reference two dramaturgies by Newton Moreno, Agreste (Malva-Rosa) and Body Art, the objective is to explore possibilities of narrativity, seen as epicization or rhapsodization, through the resource of memory as a dramaturgical device. The premise is that memory is not in itself only the content of the plays, but in particular an instrumental element for the formulation of these dramaturgical structures. In this sense, the works in question are exemplifying references for the hypothesis in view, which understands the memorialistic structure as a dramaturgical format in itself. However, as an inherent element in Moreno’s dramaturgy, another element foreign to drama also becomes striking and intertwines with the epic: the lyrical speaker.