Rosa Cornélio de Jesus: a simbologia da mulher anciã em os verdes abutres da colina

Abstract

Os Verdes Abutres da Colina is one of the most studied books in the work of José Alcides Pinto. It portrays the constitution of the village of Alto dos Angicos and the characters based in wellstructured symbolic fields, bringing to the text characteristics of the fantastic narratives. The narrator shows the existence of a polarization of narrative space between sacred and profane, the representatives of these poles are the characters Antônio José Nunes and Rosa Cornélio de Jesus; both appear as central axes of the novel. Some analyzes portray Antônio José Nunes as the sole protagonist of the novel, despising the existence of Rosa Cornélio as another great protagonist. In this sense, this work aims to analyze the meaning of the female character, investigating the implications that its symbology brings to the novel, because it is understood that Rosa symbolizes a computer center of the narrative, linked to the idea of sacred, assuming the archetype of the elderly goddess as a symbol of strength able to overcome the difficulties that present themselves on the village. For this, we rely on the studies of Campbell (2008), Eliade (1992), Jung (2000) and other authors who dealt with the theme.