TRANSGRESSIONS AND THE PROBING OF HUMAN DARKNESS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LANDSCAPE IN DEUS DE CAIM, BY RICARDO GUILHERME DICKE

Abstract

In this article, we present an analysis of the symbolic imagery of the sacred, the profane, the forbidden, and transgressions in the novel *Deus de Caim* by Ricardo Guilherme Dicke, observing the influence that space/landscape exerts on the construction of the characters, as well as the work's dialogism with biblical narratives. In the novel Deus de Caim (1968), Dicke presents an interrogative narrator who, while positioning himself as a prober of existential abysses in the mythical space of Pasmoso, presents an apparent disorder to the classical biblical tradition. Thus, Abel, Caim, and Lázaro all enter the dark world of the imagined landscape. The narrative's plot presents the primitive life of a Mato Grosso existence through the rival twins Jônatas and Lázaro. Characters who relive the biblical hatred of Caim and Abel and expose the hidden and often continuous clash between human nature and religion, permeated by incest, adultery, and religious prohibition. The landscape of the imaginary backlands is mixed with backwoodsmen, the dramatic situation between brothers, and common everyday events; silent passions and abyssal questions about the mysteries of life and death, God and the Devil, which bring to light a world of prohibitions mediated by intolerance and prejudice that lead the reader to a space revealing the deviations and secrets of man.