NAS ENTRANHAS DA CIDADE (ESTUDO DA LÍRICA URBANA DE REYNALDO VALINHO ALVAREZ)

Abstract

In this thesis we present a study of the urban and metapoetic lyricism by the Carioca writer Reynaldo Valinho Alvarez (1931), through the thematic analysis in consonance with the interpretation of lyric structures. Fictionist, poet, essayist and author of books for children and youths, Reynaldo Valinho Alvarez is considered by national and foreign critics one of the most important authors of the contemporary Brazilian poetry, being one of the most important of the so-called 1960 s generation. The main theme of this work is centered in the image of the city as a fundamental aspect of the structuring of an urban contemporary poetics. Thus, we will analyze the multiple urban forms, taking into consideration the dialog between literature and other forms of representation of the urban. The corpus analyzed is formed by the poems that represent the urban theme which are spread throughout his production. We see in this author, mainly, scenes of the big city (particularly of Rio de Janeiro), place of his social and existential experiences. With this work we aim to contribute to the enlargement of his critical fortune and to the critical deepening of his studies of the contemporary Brazilian lyric poetry. Therefore, we count on the group of the poetic work of the author and on a considerable critical fortune of his books, besides a significant theoretical framework about the issues approached in this literary analysis.