ESSAY ON THE WRITING OF SELF IN THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ADEMAR VIDAL

Abstract

This essay proposes to analyze self-writing through the letters sent by the Paraibano intellectual Ademar Vidal to the intellectual Luís da Câmara Cascudo. We consider this type of source as a possibility to also analyze biographical perspectives, as they reveal personal nuances according to the perception of the self. For this, we used a set of epistles located at the Câmara Cascudo Institute (Ludovicus). Beginning with the initial correspondence in the 1940s, we highlight the letters sent in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of deep reflection and recollection, as the Paraibano intellectual was elderly. From Vidal's accounts, we can observe intellectual interactions, collaboration on projects, and the mutual recognition of these individuals within the intellectual sphere, with emotional bonds also deepened through the sharing of experiences, feelings, and confessions. In theoretical-methodological terms, we draw on the contributions of Malatian (2009), Bezerra & Silva (2010), and Foucault (2000).

Keywords: Self-writing, Ademar Vidal, Epistles, Biography, Paraíba.