O corpo como experiência e memória no romance Como Água para Chocolate, de Laura Esquivel

Abstract

This dissertation monograph on Specialization in Education: Teaching Methods and Techniques examined the representation of the body in the work as an element of experience and memory in the novel Hispano-American, Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel. For this, the philosophical perspective of phenomenology was used as theoretical support for the analyzes. In addition to the aforementioned philosophical theory, the theoretical framework required for understanding the work was sought in literary studies. As a study instrument the following techniques were used: literature review and introspective analysis of the work. At the end of this work it was verified that the body, in the context of the work, goes through the experiences from the kitchen, that is, due to the fact that this domestic environment is the center of the conflicts and also be the place for the solution, the memories of the characters are crossed by the gastronomic experiences that are tradition in the De la Garza family. Due to the findings, a teaching work plan was proposed for Portuguese and Spanish literature classes in high school. Finally, the authors who base the study are Bauman (2013); Canclini (2011); Cardim (2009); Colomer and Camps (2011); Foucault (1984), (1987) and (1994); Machado (2009); Merleau-Ponty (2011); Shaw (2003); Sarlo (2005); Sacramento (2009) and Todorov (2011).