Poetic Discourse and the Power Relations and Relations With the Power in the Poetry by Cacaso

Abstract

Literature, as every artistic expression, establishes relations with the historical context. Depending on the author, the socio-political circumstances and even the aesthetic tendencies, there will be more pronounced marks in the literary discourse. Medeiros (http://www. portalconscienciapolitica.com.br/ products /literatura-engajada/), referring to Sartre, states that “there are writers who choose to “engage” by means of their works and writings in which express, among other things, the clash between art and political realism.” This is what can be observed Cacaso’s poems. Establishing a clear dialogue with other authors and, using irony as a resource, Cacaso builds a imaginative and very critical poetry against the military dictatorship to which Brazil was subjected from 1964 to the beginning of the 1980’s. The engagement implies in a writer´s reflection upon the relations that restrains / impedes/ hampers literature with politics and the society. Also, according to Medeiros, there is a commitment between the author and the society: “ Without being a pamphleteer, this is Cacaso’s poetic legacy to the Brazilian Literature: a reflexive poetry, based on everyday life, marked by touches of humor. The present paper aims to analyze the relations between power and Cacaso’s poetic construction, in poems from the “Lero-Lero” collection having Bakhtin, Brait, Martins and Van Dijk, among others, as theoretical basis.