FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION: THE SILENCES IN "WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA", BY HENRIQUE KOMATSU

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https://doi.org/10.5212/Uniletras.v.48.26127.2026

Abstract

This article analyzes the silence present in the short story "Whistler, British Columbia", which is part of Ototo (2020), a book written by the Brazilian author Henrique Komatsu. The analysis is conducted by understanding silence as a producer of meaning, engaging with the contributions of authors such as Orlandi (1992), Yamakawa (2017), Le Breton (2009), among others, who explore the multiplicity of meanings in the act of being silent. Other authors who study its construction and presence in language are also used to analyze the story, understanding silence more than the simple absence of words. Furthermore, we discuss how, in the aforementioned narrative, silence implies interpersonal transformations in the figure of the narrator, especially in his relationship with his father, whose presence is marked by silent manifestations.

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  • Altamir, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul - UEMS

    Doutor em Letras, na área de Teoria Literária e Literatura Comparada, pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, Campus de Assis-SP. Docente do curso de Letras/Espanhol e do Mestrado em Letras da Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul - UEMS. Membro do GT Relações Literárias Interamericanas ANPOLL, Brasil e do grupo de tradução coletiva Traducere.  Atualmente, cursa Estágio Pós-Doutoral no Programa de Pós-Graduação em "Estudos de Linguagens" da Faculdade de Arte, Letras e Comunicação - Faalc/UFMS.

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2026-08-01

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Vol. 48 (2026)

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Artigos Tema Livre

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