Human and non-human ambivalences in “Meu tio o Iauaretê”, by Guimarães Rosa

Abstract

Problematization of the human-animal limits from the short story “Meu tio o Iauaretê” by Guimarães Rosa. In exploring the notion of limit and the analysis of mythologies that approach the human-animal, we intend to circumscribe the presence of the Latin American indigenous culture and its mythology in the story of Rosa. We will analyze the presence of the jaguar imaginary in this culture and, for that, we will use a descriptive and interpretative methodology. Our conclusions point to overcoming these limits by the rosean characters, in the story in question.