A Linguagem poética e o lirismo em movimento: romantismo e modernidade de Castro Alves

Abstract

The present project is linked to the research line Literature, Culture and Frontiers of Knowledge and to the research developed in the PPGLetras of UFGD on Brazilian poetry. It is proposed here to approach the biography of Castro Alves, focusing specifically on the 1860s, the most important and productive moment of his art. The starting point is the fact that Castro Alves, as a poet recognized by the critics and the public of his time, in his poems, brought to the public debate, and put them in evidence, some social discourses of a political nature. and humanist, which have been relevant to this day. The objective of the research is to approach the poet's intellectual formation trajectory and the way in which the ideas of revolution and social transformation, arising from the romantic framework, and the transformations of the "old world", influenced his way of seeing Brazil and dealing with it. social and political problems of the time. It can be said that Castro Alves expressed the state of affairs of a country in transformation, especially with regard to the changes resulting from the passage from the slave economy to an agrarian and semi-industrial capitalism. From a clipping in his biography, namely from 1860 until his death in 1871, we will investigate, in a conjectural way, the reasons that led the young Castro Alves to express a lyricism marked by epic tones, the anguish, expectations and political transformations of his country, as well as the reflections of these experiences on the author's personality. It is not, therefore, only about clarifying or deepening research (already existing) on his biography but seeking to complement them and point out aspects of the author's intellectual formation reflected in his way of being and expressing himself, considering the short life trajectory of a wealthy young man of the second half of the 19th century, regarding the assimilation of the liberal ideas of his time, the social changes and the cultural processes with which he lived. It is intended here to understand the way the poet thought, aiming to understand the historical and literary time and space in which he was inserted.