CHRONICLES OF SAO PAULO: LOOKING AT THE BRAZILIAN INDIGENOUS YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

Abstract

Brazilian youth literature (LJB) still need studies, since its consolidation as a literary system amounts to just over four decades, so there is a lot of work to be done by specialized literary criticism. Here, it is up to us to analyze the book Chronicles of Sao Paulo: an indigenous look (2010), written by Daniel Munduruku, awarded by the National Foundation for Children and Youth Books - FNLIJ - in the best category for young people. The choice of the corpus unfolds for two reasons: it is the only book of literature written by an indigenous author in a time frame of eighteen years of awarding by the FNLIJ; there is an insignificance of studies within the LJB regarding indigenous production. Therefore, we hope to contribute to the theoretical scope of this dossier by focusing our views on language and identity inside the chosen book.