RAZOR OF LAUGHTER: THE SATIRICAL POETIC OFICIAL GREGÓRIO DE MATOS GUERRA

Gregório de Matos, a Brazilian baroque poet, owing to his implacable writings was nicknamed "hell"™s mouth". In Gregorian satire, almost banned in school books, it is frequently found, besides strong virulence, language which makes use of foul words, associated to genitalia or sex ac...

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Autores: Tabosa, Leila Maria Araújo, Osterne, Ana Maria Remí­gio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)
Repositorio:Revista Colineares
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.periodicos.apps.uern.br:article/128
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.apps.uern.br/index.php/RCOL/article/view/128
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gregório de Matos
Satirical lyrism
Brazilian baroque
Lí­rica satí­rica
Barroco brasileiro
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Sumario:Gregório de Matos, a Brazilian baroque poet, owing to his implacable writings was nicknamed "hell"™s mouth". In Gregorian satire, almost banned in school books, it is frequently found, besides strong virulence, language which makes use of foul words, associated to genitalia or sex acts and popular terms, amalgamated to erudition. Themes are associated to various society types which populate the state of Bahia, seen as caricatures from the poet"™s standpoint. Themes focus on Gregório de Matos"™ poetical view of the state of Bahia and its habitués; about the black and mulatto women, emphasizing the characteristic linguistic playfulness and sharpness associated to the baroque poet. Cities in which he travelled to do not escape his critiques. This study, an investigation of the strong Gregorian satire, results from the first readings associated to the research project "The Baroque in América: literature and arquitectonic-sculptural art in colonial Brazil", grounded, among other, on the ideas of João Adolfo Hansen (2004), Alfredo Bosi (1992) and Mário Faustino (2003), and analyzing de Matos"™ poetry using the codex by James Amado (1990).