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- Abstract:
- Manuel Bandeira's poetry published in 1930 presents characteristics of an "individualistic" nationalism that emerges as a discourse contrary to the Nation's laudatory boastfulness (‘ufanismo’), prevalent at the time. While discussing Bandeira's poems, Mário de Andrade, as literary critic, utilizes the concept of "Brazilianness" (‘brasilidade’) to show that to attempt to afford a regional character to our art means not being regionalist and, at the same time, not imitating Europe, thereby breaking with the colonialist model. The poem "Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada" affirms the desire for escape and the search for a utopia which, in the meantime, will not be found in Brazil. Manuel Bandeira thus becomes the poetic genius of an anti-national anthem.
- A poesia de Manuel Bandeira publicada em 1930 apresenta características de um nacionalismo "individualista" que emerge como um discurso contrário ao enaltecimento laudatório da Nação ("ufanismo") então predominante. Ao discutir os poemas de Bandeira, Mário de Andrade, como crítico literário, utiliza o conceito de "brasilidade" para mostrar que tentar dar um caráter regional à nossa arte significa, ao mesmo tempo, não ser regionalista e não imitar a Europa, rompendo assim com o modelo colonialista. O poema "Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada" afirma o desejo de fuga e a busca de uma utopia que, no entanto, não será encontrada no Brasil. Assim, Manuel Bandeira torna-se o gênio poético de um hino antinacional.
Citation
Resende, Beatriz,
"So Brazil..."
(1992).
BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/f6n2-kq64
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BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature
...BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature (ISSN: 2526-4885), founded in 1988, publishes scholarly articles on Brazilian literature and in Comparative Literature with a focus on Brazilian literature, as well as book reviews, interviews with writers, English-language translations of Brazilian literature …