O ITINERÁRIO POÉTICO DE CARLOS DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE, O GAUCHE

Abstract

The gauche, the aesthetic personality of the poet, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, according to Affonso Romano de Sant’Anna (1992), is the theme of this article. Thus, we propose to explore the crooked, left, marginalized and painful universe of Drummond’s poetry. Initially, we will learn some biographical details about the author; then we will discuss the role of the lyrical self and approach the gauche aspect, announced in the debut work, Alguma Poesia (1930). Next, we will explore Brejo das Almas (1934), Sentimento do Mundo (1940) and A Rosa do Povo (1945), seeking aspects of this gauche characteristic. This is a bibliographical work, whose theoretical contributors are: Sant’Anna (1980), Santiago (1976) and Andrade (2015), etc. Based on Humberto Eco’s (1968) assertion that “the work is open”, we’ll adopt the interpretative/hermeneutic method; we’ll pay attention to the biographical, historical and stylistic aspects of the author. Drummond, holder of an essence and a writing style that’s typical of the gauche, was one of the important poets of the 20th century and, by way of homage, we present his poetic itinerary here, hoping that this research will serve as a basis for present and future investigations on our gauche, doing justice to his relevance.