Daniel Arrieta    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of Hispanic Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Associate Professor
Date	2013/05/28
Presentation Theme	Ruffato, Bonassi and Ferréz: three literary views on São Paulo's suburbs
Conference	International Congress Literature and Money
Promoters	Complutense University of Madrid
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Venue	Madrid, Spain
Details	In this communication, we aim to study the different narrative and stylistic strategies on three Brazilian contemporary writers who fictionalize the economic, social and personal difficulties suffered by the residents of São Paulo’s extensive periphery: in Eles eram muitos cavalos, Luiz Ruffato depicts a complex and pessimistic world that alludes to a broken society lacking in values. In Subúrbio, Fernando Bonassi focuses on the lack of communication and solidarity through the story of an elderly couple that degenerates in violence and pedophilia. Finally, in Ninguêm é inocente em São Paulo, Ferréz takes us to the favela world from the inside, denouncing a society that systematically exploits and criminalize the poor.