DA POESIA AO TEATRO: A TRAJETÓRIA DE VIRGÍNIA VICTORINO, A MUSA DA DRAMATURGIA PORTUGUESA

Abstract

VIRGÍNIA VICTORIANO’S PLAYS, MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE BOURGEOIS AUDIENCE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. FIRST SHE CHOOSES THE UNIVERSE OF POETRY, AFTER THE WRITER CHOOSES TO DRAMATICALLY AS MAINOBJECT OF LITERARY CREATION, BECOMING, STILL LIFE, A GREAT REFERENCE IN PORTUGAL. HER PLAYS ATTRACT THE APPLAUSE OF THE AUDIENCE, THE JOURNALISTS’ CRITICISM (FROM BRAZIL AND PORTUGAL) AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT. BUT, OVER THE YEARS, HER LITERATURE BECAME INVISIBILITY FROM THE ACADEMIC CRITICISM. THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE SUCCESS STORY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAYWRIGHTS IN THE HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE LITERATURE.