Experiência e performance na escrita de Al Berto: uma leitura de Lunário (1988) pela autoficção

Abstract

This article has as its general objective to promote a critical reading of the writing of the Portuguese writer Al Berto (1948-1997) in the theoretical bulge of the "Writings of the Self”, in order to propose an analysis that surpasses the autobiographical perspective, to problematize the relationship between biography and fiction. It is, however, an analysis of the Lunário (1988) from the theoretical discussions around the concept of autofiction, as it is defined by Diana Klinger (2012). Therefore, it’s promoted a critical-theoretical reflection on the subject, which results in questions about the subjects and characters represented, as well as about the performative aspect that Al Berto's writing entails. Thus, it is understood that biography and fiction intertwine in the work of the Portuguese writer, since the categories of subject, identity and performance, after modern philosophical criticism, can only now be understood by the signs of decentration, hybridization and heterogeneity.