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- Abstract:
- Drummond de Andrade's poetry distinguishes itself as a juxtaposition of contrasting elements. The disjunction initially apparent between being and the world expands to include other ruptures, such as the separation between the city and the country, Europe and Brazil, or social engagement and passive observation of violence. The city constitutes the whirlwind in that unites several of these competing forces. The urban environment, privileged stage of combat between opposing forces, function in Drummond's work as the space in which the contradictions of modernity are represented.
- A poesia de Drummond de Andrade delineia-se como uma justaposição de elementos em contraste. A disjunção apontada inicialmente entre ser e mundo desdobra-se em outras rupturas tais como a separação entre cidade e interior, Europa e Brasil ou empenho social e observação passiva da violência. A cidade constitui o vórtice que une várias dessas forças em tensão. O meio urbano, palco privilegiado do combate entre opostos, identifica-se na obra drummondiana com o espaço onde se representam as contradições da modernidade.
Citation
Vieira, Patrícia,
"Being, world, and city: urban space in Drummond's poetry"
(2004).
BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/0mwd-s624
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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 …