O que será que será... a visão do Brasil no projeto literário de Chico Buarque de Hollanda

Abstract

This dissertation focuses on the songs and literature of Chico Buarque de Hollanda, an intellectual and artist totally tied to Brazilian cultural output of the past five decades. Chico Buarque constructed a work that rethinks Brazil and at the same time, draws the utopia of a more democratic society. It was attempted to identify the continuities between the composer and writer of romance, since this duality of artistic persona leads to an internal tension of criticism over the set of his work. We have analyzed how Brazilian society is socially and culturally represented, and how critical and aesthetic elements, already present in his first songs, remain constant in their artistic production. When reading Leite Derramado, the highlight will be for the representation and role of the narrator, and elements and characters, in parallel with aspects of Brazilian social and cultural structure. I.e. observing genres, forms and themes, we reflect how Chico Buarque de Hollanda thinks Brazil and expresses this thought in his work.