Bethânia's Outline

Thesis: Brazilian native peoples’ literature is something almost unknown
. Problematize the topic

. Oral tradition

Argument 1: Brazilian native peoples believe that, by the time they prioritize the oral language, they make a constant memory exercise;
. Different meanings are created;
Support 1: memory links the present and the past in order to find new senses for today’s life.

Argument 2: Natives needed to learn and master writing to use it in their favor;
Support 1: their memories, when written, become their identity (a way to other peoples know them).
Counter argument: the “white culture” dismissed the native oral tradition kept by the memory;
. How?
Refutation of counter argument: natives realized that the oral transmits the memories and written keep them alive;
. Possibility.