Maria Clara Castellões de Oliveira

Amós Oz e Fima: Política e Literatura (s)e(m) Ressentimento

Resumo: Este artigo aborda a articulacao entre politica, literatura e ressentimento, valendo-se primordialmente do estudo das obras Fima , de Amos Oz, e Ressentimento, de Maria Rita Kehl. Ele parte de um sentimento de espanto diante da falta de congruencia entre nao so colocacoes de Erich Auerbach e Cynthia Ozick acerca do relacionamento dos povos grego e judeu com a literatura como tambem de posturas de filosofos de extracao judaica sobre conceitos tais como o de alteridade, hospitalidade, amizade, perdao e etica e os conflitos que se desenrolam entre arabes e judeus no Oriente Medio. A literatura de Oz e vista, neste contexto, como um locus de exposicao dessa incongruencia, advinda de um excesso de memoria, responsavel pelo que ele chama de “sindrome de Jerusalem”, e que Kehl reconhece como ressentimento. Palavras-chave: literatura; ressentimento; conflito entre arabes e judeus; Fima ; Amos Oz. Abstract: This article deals with the articulation of politics, literature and resentment, relying mostly on the study of the works The Third Condition , by Amos Oz, and Ressentimento , by Maria Rita Kehl. It is motivated by a feeling of astonishment in relation to the lack of congruence among not only the ideas of Erich Auerbach and Cynthia Ozick when it comes to the relationship between the Greeks and the Jews with literature, but also the postures of Jewish extraction philosophers on concepts such as those of alterity, hospitality, friendship, forgiveness and ethics and the conflicts between Arabs and Jews that occur in the Middle East. The literature produced by Oz is seen, in this context, as a locus of exposition of such incongruence, which is a result of an excess of memory, responsible for what he calls “Jerusalem syndrome”, and for what Kehl recognizes as resentment. Keywords: literature; resentment; conflict between Arabs and Jews; The Third Condition ; Amos Oz.