ORALITY IN GRANDE SERTÃO: VEREDAS AND ULYSSES

Resumo

The regional element of both masterpieces has as an important
element the use of the spoken language of the time,
incorporating colloquialisms, local proverbs and images and
ways of expression in conflict with the standard speech of the
period. The result of this element makes the books decidedly
regional while lifting them into universality because of the theme
and the dramatic conflicts.

Keywords: Guimarães Rosa; James Joyce; Colloquial language.