Real and hybrid realities: Herberto Helder between pedagogy and crime

Abstract

Starting from a problematization of the discursive genres and subgenres limits, this essay raises some questions about the status the notion of representation plays in Herberto Helder. In order to situate his literary position in face to the broadly contemporary discussion, capable of probing the ethical implications underlying a non-homeeneous reality – in pedagogical terms –, I take as a motto a reading of "Aprender ou não" (wich means “To learn or not”), a journalistic chronicle written in 1971, posthumously published in book.