Open AccessPROVIDÊNCIAS CABRALINAS
Author(s) -
Homero José Vizeu Araújo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
organon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2238-8915
pISSN - 0102-6267
DOI - 10.22456/2238-8915.29750
Subject(s) - modernization theory , poetry , elite , political science , sociology , aesthetics , history , art , literature , law , politics
The cultural environment of the fifties and sixties and its effects on JoãoCabral’s poetry. The conservative modernization of the country creates the beginningsof cultural industry, which allows a secondary role for literature, despite theimportance of literature in the elite circles. Cabral’s poetry is a sophisticated reactionto this situation.