Study of mythopoetic primitivism in a brief poem by mario de andrade
The weapon of poetry turns against natural things and wounds or murders them... to construct something that is not a copy of "nature" and yet possesses substance of its own is a feat which presupposes nothing less than genius. Jose Ortega y Gassed The literary ballad, an increasin...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
1982-01-01
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| Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/9398 |
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| Summary: | The weapon of poetry turns against natural
things and wounds or murders them... to
construct something that is not a copy of
"nature" and yet possesses substance of
its own is a feat which presupposes
nothing less than genius.
Jose Ortega y Gassed
The literary ballad, an increasingly popular genre this
century, consciously attempts to emulate the mythic and
primitive aspects of the orally transmitted folk ballad. "A
Serra do Rola-MOca" by Mario de Andrade masterfully exemplifies the consummate depth and brilliance that the modern folk ballad is capable of attaining.
Upon superficial analysis this work appears to be nothing
more than a simple folk narrative, but in essence it emxrcpasses a contemporary mytho-poetic vision of reality rooted in deep psychic and primal elements. This primal vision is subliminally accessable and interpretable only in terms of a psychological analysis of the subject matter. In the work at hand, Andrade creates a personal mythology, one which remains poignantly faithful to the common font of animistic primitivism common to all mythologies. |
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| ISSN: | 0101-4846 2175-8026 |