Política, história e sociedade no varal : a literatura de cordel de Rodolfo Coelho Cavalcante

Abstract

This research has as object of study the string literature of Rodolfo Coelho Cavalcante from the perspective of the string as a document of History and tool of political and social criticism. In cordel literature, the poet is considered the transmitter / creator of events. He observes, feels and represents the information through the string stanzas. Thus, through the study of the booklet Politics, inflation and famine. The Brazilians, from the aforementioned author, are starving, observing the general characteristics of the cordel to identify in the text social, political, economic and cultural relations. The theoretical and methodological frameworks of this research are supported by Antonio Candido, a literary critic who observes the close relationship between literature and society, form and History, text and social context. Peter Burke, Renato Ortiz, Marcia Abreu, Mark J. Curran and Joseph Maria Luyten read on the production of knowledge about "documents as a source of History", "History seen from below", "micro History", "Popular culture" and "cordel literature". This survey and research therefore had an interdisciplinary perspective.