The lied chidhood and the profaned future: the narratives by Valêncio Xavier

The works of Valêncio Xavier are characterized, in formal terms, by using various types of images (drawings, photographs, newspaper articles, flip books), elements that make hybrid narratives. Such artifacts are arranged in order to compose an album in the novel Minha mãe morrendo e o menino mentido and an obituary in Meu 7º dia: uma novella rébus. From a lied childhood to a desecrated funeral, Valêncio Xavier lights and reworks childhood memories and designs and mocks the inevitable future. Thus, this study aims to discuss structural and thematic attributes of the works of this Brazilian author to reflect on these narrative albums that create the past and the future.

瓦伦西奥·沙维尔（Valêncio Xavier）的作品在形式维度上以运用各类图像元素为典型特征，涵盖绘画、摄影作品、报刊文章、翻页书等，这些元素共同构建出混合叙事。此类创作载体被编排整合，分别构成小说《我的母亲逝去与说谎的男孩》（Minha mãe morrendo e o menino mentido）中的影像集，以及《我的第七日：一部谜语中篇小说》（Meu 7º dia: uma novella rébus）中的讣告文本。从被虚构的童年场景直至被亵渎的葬礼仪式，瓦伦西奥·沙维尔唤起并重构童年记忆，同时勾勒并戏谑地解构那无可避免的未来。因此，本研究旨在探讨这位巴西作家作品的结构与主题属性，进而对这些构建过去与未来的叙事影像集展开反思。