MICHEL TREMBLAY: ROMANCIER POPULAIRE.

O artigo «Michel Tremblay romancista popular» intenta fazer conhecer, sentir e apreciar a escrita romanesca de um autor quebequense atualmente considerado um dos maiores entre os nomes que se destacam no campo literario francofono e principalmente divulgado como dramaturgo. Dois romances sao estudados: Le coeur decouvert [O coracao descoberto] (1986) e Le coeur eclate [O coracao partido] (1989), que sao os dois lados de uma mesma estoria. O tema da homoafetividade e central, ampla e explicitamente tratado ao longo de 700 paginas. Tratando-se de uma producao ficcional francofona, ela e devidamente situada na sua coletividade de origem, ou seja, o Quebec, uma insersao que pode denotar um papel especifico assumido pelo texto literario. Nesse sentido, a tematica homossexual e abordada sociologicamente. Espera-se oferecer uma leitura apta a evidenciar alguns aspectos marcantes da escrita romanesca de Michel Tremblay, inclusive tracos associados a uma estetica popular e que poderiam remeter tambem a uma estetica gay. Palavras-chave: Michel Tremblay; homoafetividade; estetica popular; estetica gay Abstract: The article « Michel Tremblay popular novelist » tries to make us know, feel and appreciate the novelistic writing of a quebecois writer currently considered as one of the best among the names that stood out in the francophone literary field, and mainly divulgated as dramaturge. Two novels are studied here: Le coeur decouvert [The discovered hart] (1986) and Le coeur eclate [The broken heart] (1989), which are two sides of the same story. The theme of the homoaffectivity is central, widely and explicitly treated over 700 pages. As a fictional francophone production, this is duly located in its original community, it means, Quebec, an insertion that can detonate a specific role assumed by the literary text. In this way, the homosexual thematic is sociologically approached. The goal here is offer an apt reading in order to put in evidence some remarked aspects of the novelist writing of Michel Tremblay, including features that could be referred to a popular aesthetic and a gay aesthetic. Key-words : Michel Tremblay; homoaffectivity; popular aesthetic; gay aesthetic Resume: L´article «Michel Tremblay romancier populaire» entend faire connaitre, sentir et apprecier l´ecriture romanesque d´un auteur quebecois considere actuellement comme majeur dans le champ litteraire francophone et principalement divulgue en tant que dramaturge. Deux romans sont etudies ici: Le coeur decouvert (1986) et Le coeur eclate (1989), qui sont les deux volets d´une meme histoire. Le theme de l´homoaffectivite y est central, amplement et explicitement developpe au fil de quelque 700 pages. S´agissant d´une production fictionnelle francophone, elle est envisagee sous l´angle de son appartenance a la collectivite quebecoise et du role qu´elle est susceptible d´y jouer. En ce sens, la thematique homosexuelle est analysee dans une perspective sociologique, en vue de proposer une lecture mettant en lumiere certains aspects saillants de l´ecriture romanesque de Michel Tremblay, notamment des particularismes associes a une esthetique populaire et qui pourraient relever aussi d´une esthetique gay. Mots-cles: Michel Tremblay; homoaffectivite; esthetique populaire; esthetique gay