Cenas e tempos de uma infância sem fim: o sentimento trágico em Incêndios

Abstract

The present paper discusses the critical universe of the theatre play Incêndios, by Wadji Mouawad, taking the actions of the main character, Nawal, as both the starting point and the point of arrival of the narrative. It punctuates the writing and memory mechanisms as triggers for thought and plot among the elements of the play. In this regard, it attains to a conceptual comprehension of the notion of time, seeking out its dimensions in the course of the drama. It encounters in Sophocles' Filoctetes a philosophical and instrumental proximity. For this reason, Incêndios and the classical work are parallel. It also raises critic social themes over and above the aesthetic and scenographic core, expanding the analysis to questions that involve contemporaneous socio-demographic problems. Finally, it thematizes notions of childhood through problematizing the “childishness” trope most clearly displayed in the work Endless Childhood (CORAZZA, 2000). It uses a conceptual