As crônicas de Nina Horta: literatura e gastronomia

Abstract

This dissertations aims to analyze the structure and writing style of the writer Nina Horta, from her first publication in the newspaper Folha de São Paulo to her book Não é sopa: crônicas e receitas de comida, by the publisher Companhia das Letras. The relationship between literature and gastronomy found in the book is based on the conclusion that feeding is a part of people’s routine – which is, for its part, a source of inspiration for the short stories themselves. In order to achieve such purpose, we will outline a history of the short story, presenting its development and importance in Brazil, as well as its connection to newspapers. We will try to establish the transformations which happened in Nina Horta’s traditional cooking column, so as to bring it closer to the short story genre. We also intend to map the way the author connects usual facts and situations, to which everyone is subject, to the recovery and record of collective memory. For the research, the theoretical foundations about short stories will be based on Antonio Candido, Jorge de Sá and Joaquim Ferreira dos Santos. Walter Benjamim, Maurice Halbwachs and Pierre Nora will be some of the theoreticians studied in order to approach the concept of collective memory.