“Partida do Audaz Navegante”, de Guimarães Rosa: ressonâncias odisseicas, em clave minimalista

Abstract

The text seeks to study the reappropriation of the “cultural capital” of the Odyssey – taken here as matrix both of the adventure novel and of the romance novel – performed, in a minimalist key, by Guimarães Rosa. What is discovered is a process of stylization, min- iaturization, estrangement and carnivalization in “Partida do Audaz Navegante”, short story that elicits a reflection on art as a continuation of child’s play, as well as treatment of fundamental questions: the relation between literature and life, the psychic efficacy of narration, life as voyage (vita/via), desire X necessity, the meeting of opposites. Further- more, the paper establishes counterpoints with Fernando Pessoa and Caetano Veloso.