Um estudo comparativo das estratégias discursivas entre os narradores nas obras A sombra do vento e O cavaleiro inexixtente

Abstract

This research aims to perform a comparative analytical study of the way of saying among the narrators of the works “The Shadow of the Wind” (2007) and “The Nonexistent Knight” (2005). The first, a best seller written by the Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafón. A novel surrounded by mysteries that revolve around the saga of Daniel, the narrator-character of the narrative that goes in search of the author of the book “The Shadow of the Wind”, Julian Carax. The second work is the classic of the writer Italo Calvino respected in the current criticism, mainly in process of creation of what is elected as a true work of art. In order to reach this objective, the narrator´s narrative strategies that envolve the reader have been observed, making him/her feel part of the work or as Barthes (2004) refers to the reader, as a crossimg of the text. Beyond these strategies certain skills were observed such as the use of irony and metaphor. This study also makes an inquiry on how a writer, who is part of the paraliterature, can capture the reader with his narrative game and sell so many copies? The proposal starts from a comparative investigation between Calvino remarkable literature based on the traditional romanesque form, specifically, in this novel the criative imagination is used, how the author himself calls this creative process, in another theoretical work of visibility, with the non-classical writing of Zafón, the one that gains enough space and readers within the art of narrating, but still seen as problematic or without those fictional elements that would characterize a true literary work. Thus, despite attracting so many readers, the author is far from the academic space, because it is not part of literary studies. The following aspects were chosen for this analyses: the types of narrators, the ways of narrating and the death of the author. These strands perpetuate a comparison between the personalities who narrate each work in order to unravel the commonalities and the incongruities between them, through a critical analysis of a bibliographical research based on the studies of Calvino (1990), Eco (1932), Barthes (1973/2003/2004), Compagnon (2010), Foucault (2009).