ENGERAMENTO AND OTHER STORIES: oral narratives in the district of Barreira do Andirá

Abstract

With this research we aim to discuss oral literature, more precisely the presence and sociocultural function of oral narratives in riverside communities in the Amazon. For this, we opted for field research, carried out through open interviews, through storytelling, with the help of Oral History, to collect its most natural manifestations, the varied stories disseminated by the elderly in the community of Barreira do Andirá, municipality of Barreirinha/AM, place of origin of the researcher's family. The main objectives of the referred research were to collect oral narratives of older people, residents of the District of Barreira do Andirá, with the purpose of rescuing the oral narratives that are part of the history of the community. The research approach was qualitative, since the intention of this work did not focus only on collecting narratives, but on understanding the importance of the act of telling stories, and which important elements were present in each of them. From the data collected, it was possible to learn more about the historical and cultural construction of the region, as well as to understand the influences of technology on the daily lives of those individuals, and how these oral narratives are currently being worked on. The place where the narratives were collected was the community of Barreira do Andirá, located in a border area between the municipalities of Parintins and Barreirinha, where approximately 206 families live, mainly composed of farmers and fishermen. The research subjects were five residents of the District: Antônio Gonçalves Viana, Maria do Carmo, Moisés Viana, Paulo Sérgio dos Santos Trindade and Basílio Tenório. The criterion for choosing these people was primarily their age, since the researcher focused on the narratives of the oldest residents. The fact that these residents belonged to the families that led to the founding of that village was also taken into consideration. The main theorists who supported this research were Ong (1998), Zumthor (1993 and 2000), Bosi (1979), Benjamim (1987), Cascudo (2006) and Freitas (2006).