Since the 60’s of the last century, the studies about culture become more explored like
tool of observation in many areas. The culture, in this sense, is so complexified by it be a
result of a contact between different social groups and, so, to necessity of a deep study
about its formation. The literature, in this context, reflects this cultural complexity. In this
aspect, the literature, used like history and culture forms, is a great reference of
information that can expose many mysteries about the cultural formation in different
levels, from local to global. The conjuncture of a biggest intercultural contact reaches the
Amazon area, being reflected, mainly, by the migratory aspect after the top of
commercialization of rubber, the called boom of rubber, during the second part of 19th
century and the first part of 20th century. The Bruno de Menezes’ literature, in
Candunga, makes references to this reality linked to humans displacements, more
directly gives focus to Railroad Belém-Bragança. In this sense, our focus of study will be
the relation established between migrants northeastern and the Amazon caboclos, this
last represented by the voice of Candunga’s narrator, detainer of a cultural discourse
favorable to Amazon man of bragantina zone. We’ll perceive that occurs a cultural and
identity conflict in many parts of Candunga by the emergency of differences between
caboclos and northeastern. We’ll note an affirmation discourse, by the narrator, of
Amazon culture in detriment of northeastern culture. But, we’ll don’t forget to emphasize
the cultural hybridization present in the Bruno de Menezes’s novel.
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