VEREDAS MORTAS: PACT AND FAUSTIAN TRADITION AT The Devil to Pay in the Backlands.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands; Doctor Faust; Pact.
The present work aims to analyze João Guimarães Rosa's novel The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, observing the faustian tradition, which we consider to be manifested through the pages of the book. This way, we are going to take as theoretical support the pioneers works of Walnice Nogueira Galvão and Antônio Candido, among others. In order to carry out our investigation we are going to study the novel attempting to three aspects: The process of formation of the protagonist, considering the categories that make him a faustian man; the Devil's function on the plot and finally the pact in its metaphysical and social aspects.