{"id":3709,"date":"2026-10-19T12:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogdojoaocosta.com.br\/?p=3709"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:12:03","slug":"livro-a-tragedia-de-tracunhaem-de-wertevan-fernandes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogdojoaocosta.com.br\/?p=3709","title":{"rendered":"Livro: A Trag\u00e9dia de Tracunha\u00e9m, de Wertevan Fernandes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>por Jerdivan N. de Ara\u00fajo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Em 1574, ind\u00edgenas Potiguaras atacaram o Engenho Tracunha\u00e9m, na regi\u00e3o de Goiana (Pernambuco), pr\u00f3xima \u00e0 Capitania de Itamarac\u00e1. Esse epis\u00f3dio hist\u00f3rico serve de base ao romance hist\u00f3rico O Massacre de Tracunha\u00e9m, de Wertevan Fernandes, que alterna fic\u00e7\u00e3o e reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o hist\u00f3rica.<br \/>\nO livro abre com uma frase-s\u00edntese do conflito colonial:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOs portugueses dizem que estas terras pertencem ao rei. Os Potiguaras afirmam que pertencem aos seus antepassados.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nela se op\u00f5em a posse territorial legitimada pela Coroa e o v\u00ednculo ancestral ind\u00edgena. Em vez de expor os fatos cronologicamente, o autor come\u00e7a com o naufr\u00e1gio de uma embarca\u00e7\u00e3o portuguesa. Um sobrevivente chega \u00e0 praia, luta para respirar e compreender o lugar desconhecido. A cena tem for\u00e7a cinematogr\u00e1fica e suspense, pois o leitor acompanha sua sobreviv\u00eancia at\u00e9 perceber que ele n\u00e3o est\u00e1 sozinho: dois ca\u00e7adores potiguares o observam e decidem avisar a aldeia.<\/p>\n<p>Essa escolha narrativa \u00e9 eficiente: prolonga a expectativa e apresenta os ind\u00edgenas como sujeitos ativos, que observam, avaliam e tomam decis\u00f5es. A narrativa articula descri\u00e7\u00e3o ambiental, a\u00e7\u00e3o dram\u00e1tica e contextualiza\u00e7\u00e3o hist\u00f3rica. Praia, coqueiros, arrecifes e floresta refor\u00e7am o isolamento do personagem, enquanto a linguagem acess\u00edvel e os par\u00e1grafos curtos favorecem a leitura.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 preciso, por\u00e9m, distinguir a recria\u00e7\u00e3o liter\u00e1ria da comprova\u00e7\u00e3o documental: pensamentos e di\u00e1logos do n\u00e1ufrago s\u00e3o recursos de fic\u00e7\u00e3o hist\u00f3rica.<\/p>\n<p>Nos cap\u00edtulos finais, a obra amplia o foco. No Cap\u00edtulo 17 (p\u00e1ginas 143-144), a assembleia guerreira potiguar revela que o ataque n\u00e3o nasce de \u201cselvageria\u201d, mas de honra e justi\u00e7a: o desaparecimento de Iratemb\u00e9, filha de Inigua\u00e7u e esposa de Henrique, e a suspeita sobre o senhor de engenho Diogo Dias.<\/p>\n<p>Henrique fala em justi\u00e7a por uma mulher inocente, n\u00e3o apenas em vingan\u00e7a. Assim, o romance desconstr\u00f3i tanto a imagem do \u201cbom selvagem\u201d quanto a do colonizador simplesmente demonizado, mostrando a viol\u00eancia como resultado de uma afronta imperdo\u00e1vel dentro da cultura ind\u00edgena, que valorizava hospitalidade e fam\u00edlia.<br \/>\nO cl\u00edmax, nos cap\u00edtulos finais (p\u00e1ginas 145-149), \u00e9 visceral e cinematogr\u00e1fico: flechas, fogo nos canaviais e na casa-grande, fuma\u00e7a \u201ccomo uma oferenda amarga\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>O autor n\u00e3o poupa detalhes da destrui\u00e7\u00e3o, mas tamb\u00e9m n\u00e3o glorifica a viol\u00eancia. A morte de Diogo Dias pelas m\u00e3os de Inigua\u00e7u representa uma justi\u00e7a po\u00e9tica, embora o desfecho seja melanc\u00f3lico. A frase final sintetiza a tese hist\u00f3rica do romance: o massacre n\u00e3o foi apenas a destrui\u00e7\u00e3o de uma fazenda, mas o estopim de uma guerra maior entre portugueses e potiguares, levando a Coroa a preparar a conquista da Para\u00edba.<\/p>\n<p>O grande m\u00e9rito do autor \u00e9 tratar os ind\u00edgenas como agentes pol\u00edticos complexos, e n\u00e3o como coadjuvantes ou selvagens gen\u00e9ricos. Wertevan Fernandes equilibra pesquisa hist\u00f3rica e prosa envolvente, cria personagens memor\u00e1veis \u2014 como Inigua\u00e7u e Henrique \u2014 e reflete sobre as origens da forma\u00e7\u00e3o territorial e social do Nordeste.<\/p>\n<p>O Massacre de Tracunha\u00e9m merece ser lido e ocupar um lugar na sua estante entre os melhores livros de autores paraibanos.<\/p>\n<p>#Jerdivan N\u00f3brega \u00e9 escritor e historiador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>por Jerdivan N. de Ara\u00fajo Em 1574, ind\u00edgenas Potiguaras atacaram o Engenho Tracunha\u00e9m, na regi\u00e3o de Goiana (Pernambuco), pr\u00f3xima \u00e0 Capitania de Itamarac\u00e1. Esse epis\u00f3dio hist\u00f3rico serve de base ao romance hist\u00f3rico O Massacre de Tracunha\u00e9m, de Wertevan Fernandes, que alterna fic\u00e7\u00e3o e reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o hist\u00f3rica. 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