Negro poetry- DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v32i1.5811

Brazilian poetry’s several literary canons fail to fully investigate Brazilian Black Poetry as it should be. In spite of the fact that the poet Luiz Gama is currently not in the limelight when compared to Castro Alves, the replacing of his real place of significance is actually worthwhile. This effo...

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Autor: Laranjeira, José Luis Pires
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/5811
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/5811
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:brazilian black poetry
Luiz Gama
Solano Trindade
Cuti
black soul
suffering
poesia negro-brasileira
alma negra
sofrimento
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Sumario:Brazilian poetry’s several literary canons fail to fully investigate Brazilian Black Poetry as it should be. In spite of the fact that the poet Luiz Gama is currently not in the limelight when compared to Castro Alves, the replacing of his real place of significance is actually worthwhile. This effort should also be needed to understand that Gama in his poetry shows a type of conformity with certain racial bias common in the 19th century as, for example, in the poetry of Angola. On the other hand, due to his ideologically committed ideology with the poor and destitute in society, the poet Solano Trindade deals with the Negro as a social, economical and cultural person. This concept is partook by Cuti who, at long last, do not call the half-breed as ‘mulato’, following orientations of the Negro Movement. On the other hand, he is formally poet featuring the most advanced modernity as he reaches the heart of the Negro subconscious in his singing of deep personal suffering in the most unusual manner.