Um sonho chamado Tatipirun: a aventura de Raimundo pela Terra dos Meninos Pelados

Abstract

This article makes an analysis of the tale “A terra dos meninos pelados” (1939), by the Alagoan author Graciliano Ramos. It starts from the assumption that Tatipirun is configured as a utopian space of acceptance for a childlike character, since the “real world” was hostile to him. The land where all roads are right seems perfect to Raimundo’s eyes, and in this built space, the character tries to make his desire come true. In creating the imaginary world of Tatipirun’s country, Raimundo seems to attempt to make a quick fix to an inherent lack of humanity, which is materialized in the narrative through difference, absence of hair and a black eye and a blue eye. It is through the construction of a utopian universe that it offers a chance to deal with absence, with anguish before difference and with the need to bear it.