A narração do médico em "Corpo fechado" de Guimarães Rosa: razão e encantamento

Abstract

The analysis of the short story “Corpo fechado” by Guimarães Rosa intends to highlight, in this paper, the importance of the narration of a doctor who contributes to the ambiguity of the belief in the efficacy of magic, central episode in the story. The narrative is built from two points of view: the first one, more scientific, is represented by the doctor; the second one, which comes from the live imagination of the main character when telling his stories. The narrator presents, at first, his descripti on of Laginha, his beliefs and values providing conditions for the credibility of the reader; then, in a second moment, it comes the episode of the closed body, main experience witnessed by the doctor which satisfies his curiosity and expectation over the place. It is noteworthy, also, the importance of magic to transform the protagonist into a hero. To study this two different views around the magic theme, we will approach the concepts of the narrative theory, especially Gérard Genette (1995).