Writing, dramaturgy and performance in Nuno Ramos’s Adeus, Cavalo

Abstract

This paper proposes an analysis of the novel Adeus, Cavalo, by Nuno Ramos, intending to examine the performance in writing of a narrative conceived as an event. Understanding it as writing that borrows techniques from other artistic forms (such as the theatre), the present discussion presupposes as specific objectives: to investigate briefly the path of literary and artistic tradition to reach new possibilities in the field of writing; to point out the author’s and the reader's places in a narrative close to the elements of performative theatre and, finally, describe the performativity used in the literary procedures used to build the novel. Using the concepts of performance, by Zumthor (2018) and performativity, by Féral (2008), as guiding points to the debate, the other reflections are related to elements which integrate the general study of contemporary literature, as stated by critics such as Pellegrini (2007) and Schollhammer (2012).