On the future and death of the Brazilian theater: a trip through cultural and literary magazines of the modernist period (1922-1942)

Author(s)

Christina Barros Riego

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2008-10-17

Examining board members

Joao Roberto Gomes de Faria; Orna Messer Levin; Tania Brandão da Silva

• Advisor: Joao Roberto Gomes de Faria

Abstract

The main purpose of this dissertation is to present the data found and collected from some cultural and literary magazines during the period of 1922-1942, in order to understand the main concerns and contributions of writers and intellectuals in the modernization process of the Brazilian theater. The first volume brings a historical and critical interpretative study that not only points out the main characteristics of the theatrical productions of that period, but also its modernization initiatives and its competition with the cinema and the radio-theater. The second volume of this dissertation presents the classificatory index of the collected data, elaborated along with the research to provide a feasible tool for locating this material (AU)