Dedé Monteiro: há 50 anos, poetizando o sertão e o seu povo

Abstract

In the context of Brazilian universities, in the field of historiography and literary criticism, researchers have developed studies on popular poetry. However, there are no works that refer the literary work of the poet Dedé Monteiro. With this purpose, we aim to show the importance of monteriana poetry and give visibility to the abovementioned poet, given the importance and originality of his literary work and try to fill this gap produced in this field of studies of popular literature. As for the methodology, we do a brief analysis of the poems "Toda Casa de Taipa Abandonada Guarda Um Grito de Fome Dentro Dela", "Humildade" and " Eu Me Sinto Mais Filho do Sertão," present in the books: Mais Um Baú de Retalhos e Fim de Feira, of Dedé Monteiro. It is observed in the analysis of the cited poems the concern of the poet as to the disregard of the authorities in the matter of the periodic droughts and consequently the hunger; finally, the poetry of Dedé Monteiro is a poetry of denunciation. Besides the thematic, it is remarkable the obedience of the poet to the rigor in the use of the Portuguese language and the metric technique.