THE POETIC, THE PROPHETIC, AND THE PATHETIC IN "PELAS TABELAS", BY CHICO BUARQUE O POÉTICO, O PROFÉTICO E O PATÉTICO EM "PELAS TABELAS", DE CHICO BUARQUE
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2024
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Alea: estudos neolatinos
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Da Silva Cabral G.
De Camargo Filho J.G.
De Camargo Filho J.G.
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© 2024 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. All rights reserved.This paper presents an analysis of the song "Pelas Tabelas", by Chico Buarque, and explores its main allusion: the Biblical figure of John the Baptist as a symbol of resistance to tyranny, violence, and irrationality. Buarque uses poetry, irony, and references to Brazilian culture in order to create a story of love and alienation with pathetic intensity. The paper contextualizes the song in the context of Buarque's musical oeuvre and in that particular political moment in Brazilian history - the 1980s - in which a great movement for the reestablishment of democracy was on its way: the movement called Diretas Já. This analysis proposes a dialogue with the fields of cultural studies, theology, and literature. It shows that Buarque's song is imbued with the poetic, the prophetic, and the pathetic.