Atmosfera de paixão e tempestade: as dimensões do espaço ficcional na Crônica da casa assassinada, de Lúcio Cardoso

Abstract

The present paper analyses the fictional space of Lucio Cardoso’s Crônica da casa assassinada in its regional, natural and domestic dimensions, in order to understand how the novel’s scenarios builds its dramatic atmosphere and participates in the creation of the character’s identity. The way the novel’s background reflects the characters inner life as well as the way lived spaces contribute to the construction of their identity were analysed; it started with the mythology of “mineiridade”, through the scenery theory, the symbolic aspects related to the four key elements and arriving at the intimacy of the rooms of the house.