O papel da literatura na preservação e na divulgação da cultura indígena: os contos populares de Daniel Munduruku e seus saberes

Abstract

The research addresses the relevance of indigenous stories collected and published by Daniel Munduruku in promoting and valuing the culture and literature of the original peoples of Brazil. Munduruku, one of the most notable contemporary indigenous writers, has played a fundamental role in the preservation and dissemination of indigenous oral traditions through written literature. The work seeks to investigate how the selected stories, collected by Daniel Munduruku, contribute to the preservation of the cultural traditions of indigenous peoples; present Munduruku's contribution to Brazilian literature and the representation of indigenous peoples in literary narratives. The research will be conducted through a bibliographical review of Daniel Munduruku's works, including analyzes of his short stories and interviews with the author. Daniel Munduruku's tales act as permanent records of the stories, myths and legends of indigenous peoples, ensuring that these traditions are preserved for future generations. Munduruku's work helps to insert indigenous literature into the canon of Brazilian literature, providing visibility and recognition to indigenous writers. We counted as the literary and theoretical basis of our research Brazilian Indigenous Stories (2005), by Daniel Munduruku; The land of a thousand peoples – Indigenous story of Brazil told by an Indian (2020), by Kaká Werá Jecupé; The fall of the sky: Words from a Yanomami shaman (2015), by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert and Performances of spiral time, poetics of the body-screen (2021), by Leda Maria Martins