O crítico e o cronista na interface de um gênero “menor”

Abstract

The present work discusses the presence of the literary critic Antonio Candido in the archives that compose a collection of chronicles and diverse texts published by the ‘capixaba’ writer Rubem Braga. This discussion was generated from the identification of the presence of this Brazilian critic in texts written by Rubem Braga, in the analysis made on the chronicles written by him and also in various situations involving literature and other national writers. In this process, the words of the literary critic help the understanding of the chronic genre within the very space in which the texts present themselves to the reader and, in addition, allow the researcher to confirm, by the consolidated authority of Antonio Candido, the importance of the chronicle for literature and Brazilian culture.