O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar de que modo se configura a representação da violência no romance Cabeça a prêmio (2003), escrito por Marçal Aquino, atentando para as escolhas feitas pelo autor, ao investir na construção de uma narrativa literária sobre o tráfico de drogas, e as implicações dessa escolha para o fazer literário contemporâneo, levando em conta as reversões propostas pela narrativa no que se refere ao tratamento dado ao tema da violência. *** Cabeça a prêmio: trafficking, elite, State and violence in contemporary Brazil ***The objective of this work is to analyze how the representation of violence is configured in the novel Cabeça a prêmio (2003), written by Marçal Aquino, paying attention to the choices made by the author when investing in the construction of a literary narrative about the traffic of drugs and the implications of this choice for the contemporary literature, taking into account the reversals proposed by the narrative regarding the treatment given to the theme of violence.Keywords: Contemporary Brazilian literature; Drug trafficking; Violence.
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