Sojeitos da terra: representations of Brazilian rural man in Carlos Alberto Soffredini\'s dramaturgy

Author(s)

Lígia Rodrigues Balista

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2018-09-28

Examining board members

Ivan Francisco Marques; Maria Silvia Betti; Joao Roberto Gomes de Faria; Alberto Tsuyoshi Ikeda; Gilberto Figueiredo Martins

• Advisor: Ivan Francisco Marques

Abstract

This thesis investigates the representations of Brazilian rural man in Carlos Alberto Soffredini\'s dramaturgy. To do so, we analyze four plays that deal with such theme: Na Carrêra do Divino, from 1979, A estrambótica aventura da música caipira, from 1990, Auto de Natal Caipira, from 1992, and A Madrasta, from 1995. In order to understand how these representations were built into the author\'s work, we will analyze his use of different aspects of popular culture. We will also pay attention to: the construction of the characters in each play; the choices made between dramatic and epic resources and the variable research sources used by the author for the composition of his texts, as well as the way in which these sources were incorporated in his plays. The dissertation also seeks to investigate the transformations which occurred within Soffredini\'s work, between the late 70\'s and the 90\'s, and the changes in relation to the representation of the rural man in Brazilian\'s early twentieth century literature and culture (in particular, with reference to the paradigmatic figure of Jeca Tatu, by Monteiro Lobato). I argue and intend to show that there are important variations in Soffredini\'s work involving rural man\'s figure, which is not a homogeneous construction. This leads us to perceive, as an important aspect of his dramaturgy, a critical consciousness about the contradictions involving the debate surrounding popular culture. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/16619-2 - The figure of rural Brazilian man in Carlos Alberto Soffredini's play
• Grantee: Lígia Rodrigues Balista
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate