A Discursive Dive into The Third Bank of the River by Guimarães Rosa

Abstract

This paper aims to reflect upon the short story “The third bank of the river,” by Guimarães Rosa. In this work, there is a wealth of voices, marked by the image of the very river it describes. The reader is captured to the third riverside since his discursive memory reminds him of only two sides. In which time and space would there be the so called third riverside? When searching for this answer, he remains captive of his own inquiries, taking himself to the third river bank, unable to recognize it. This article intends to demonstrate how language is able to call the reader's attention to its various scenarios, promoting, as Brait (2010) stated, cooperative studies which articulate language and literature, as well as to present some ways to reveal the third riverside pointed out by Rosa, observing the dialogical richness of the text. This analysis is theoretically grounded on the studies of Bakhtin and his Circle, of Stylistics and on a Philosophical perspective.