Arquétipos mitológicos em Cinzas do Norte

Abstract

In the modern novel, where socials representations are transfigurations of the mythological archetypes presents in collective unconscious, ab initio, under the most diverse forms of art, the hero is presented as an ordinary person. Ashes of the Amazon is a legacy of narratives of reminiscence that seeks refuge in the fugitive temple of the memory, to the spirit of our time: the man in search of hi transfigurations himself. Key words: Brazilian literature, archetypes, myth, collective unconscious