A gambiarra como denúncia da precariedade em dois contos de Eduardo Galeano

Abstract

This paper considers the notion of “gambiarra”, a feature of Brazilian and Latin American culture, as a literary element in two short stories of the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano. In this sense, some theoretical-critical approaches will be proposed for possible meanings to “gambiarra,” not only as a materially ob­jectified element, but also as a process, an action and a production method. I present as hypotheses some of the socio-historical determinations that enable “gambiarra” as a social phenomenon as well as its categorization as a concrete expression of a certain ontological human tendency. The analysis of the short stories, after brief considerations about the author and his work, seeks to under­stand how the articulation of the “gambiarra” manifests itself in the narratives, allowing also dialectical glimpses about its social dynamics.