TIME AND MEMORY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHRONICLES OF JOSÉ CHAGAS

This article aims to demonstrate the importance and richness of Maranhão literature, focusing on the perspective presented by the studies of theorist Paul Ricouer, based on the perspective of the writer José Chagas, who presents the city of São Luís as a literary space in his chronicles. Initially, there is a study on the chronicle textual genre, with emphasis on the writer José Chagas, when addressing the special look of the chronicler on the memories of the city and its daily life. In addition, the relationship established between Time and Memory in the short narrative of José Chagas in his work On the Art of Speaking Well.