Lendo a literatura brasileira contemporânea pulp : os casos de Ryoki Inoue e da ficção de polpa

Abstract

Here I propose a reading of two works of Brazilian pullp fiction, one by Ryoki Inoue and the other a short-story collection called Ficção de Polpa, edited by Smair Machado de Machado. This thesis has two main objetives: the first, to discuss the differences of the two lines of work in what concerns their styles and positions in the literary field; the second, to validate the study of a literature denied by the academy. Studies about pulp fiction in Brazilian Universities are rare and full of contradictions: escapism? Sensationalism? Mass Literature? “This is not literature”? Entertainment whithout sofistication? So, this is a peculiar and complex thind, pulp fiction. My argument is built against a division between “high” and “low” culture, angainst exclusivism, the main questions raised are: what is the pathos of the pulp fiction reading? What is the post-modern pulp? Is it possible to a pulp work to be studied in the academy and remain pulp? Last but not least: this thesis is written as pulp story, out of the clichés and the insolent poetry of the pulp.