The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a mask

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Autor(a) principal: Postal, Ricardo
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Matraga (Online)
Texto Completo: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/49553
Resumo: The Week of Modern Art’s critical paths unfold both in the texts produced by those participating in the intellectual debate about art at that time and in the critical fortune that the works of those intellectuals prompted. This paper is a critical interpretation of Mario de Andrade’s artistic practice that interrogates how figurations of the Harlequin, which are pervasive inhis oeuvre, are transformed into an aesthetic proposal and into an artistic shape. Looking at the way critics perceived the Harlequin in Mario de Andrade’s writings, we converse with those perceptions and propose a stretching of the character’s meaning, thinking about the reasons for the choice of this mask by the writer and seeing it as the basis for the improvised act of writing and representing an art and an identity which would not still be possible in Brazil. From this perspective, Macunaíma’s rhapsodic features would be an example of ‘harlequimy’, indicating a proximity with the improvising of many sources similar to the Harlequin practice in Comedia dell’arte. Harlequin, this central figure that irradiates metaphors, guides Mário de Andrade’s poetics, through which the artist accomplishes a symbiosis of aesthetics, practice and life.
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spelling The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a maskA arlequimia em Mário de Andrade: crítica e prática de uma máscaraImaginárioMário de AndradeArlequim.ImaginationMário de AndradeHarlequin.The Week of Modern Art’s critical paths unfold both in the texts produced by those participating in the intellectual debate about art at that time and in the critical fortune that the works of those intellectuals prompted. This paper is a critical interpretation of Mario de Andrade’s artistic practice that interrogates how figurations of the Harlequin, which are pervasive inhis oeuvre, are transformed into an aesthetic proposal and into an artistic shape. Looking at the way critics perceived the Harlequin in Mario de Andrade’s writings, we converse with those perceptions and propose a stretching of the character’s meaning, thinking about the reasons for the choice of this mask by the writer and seeing it as the basis for the improvised act of writing and representing an art and an identity which would not still be possible in Brazil. From this perspective, Macunaíma’s rhapsodic features would be an example of ‘harlequimy’, indicating a proximity with the improvising of many sources similar to the Harlequin practice in Comedia dell’arte. Harlequin, this central figure that irradiates metaphors, guides Mário de Andrade’s poetics, through which the artist accomplishes a symbiosis of aesthetics, practice and life.Os percursos críticos da Semana de Arte Moderna desencadeiam-se tanto nos textos produzidos pelos in­telectuais participantes no debate sobre o caminho da arte na época, como na fortuna crítica que as obras desses intelectuais suscitaram. O presente trabalho é uma interpretação crítica da prática artística de Mário de Andrade que interroga como a apropriação da figura do Arlequim, que atravessa sua obra, é transformada numa proposta estética e num amoldamento de artista. Olhando para o modo como a crítica percebeu o Ar­lequim dentro da escrita de Mário de Andrade, dialogamos com esses aspectos e propomos uma ampliação do significado dessa figura, pensando nos motivos da escolha dessa máscara por parte do escritor, e vendo-a como fundamento do ato improvisado de escrever e representar uma arte e uma identidade cuja totalidade seria impossível ainda no Brasil. Sob esse ponto de vista, Macunaíma seria um exemplo de arlequimização, cuja feição rapsódica indica já a proximidade com o improvisar de várias fontes símile à prática arlequinal da Commedia dell’arte. O Arlequim, essa figura central e irradiadora de metáforas, guia a poética de Mário de Andrade, realizando o artista nela a simbiose que propõe entre estética, práxis e vida.Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro2020-10-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionartigo de literaturaartigos de literaturaapplication/pdfhttps://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/4955310.12957/matraga.2020.49553Matraga - Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da UERJ; v. 27 n. 51 (2020): A prosa modernista na contemporaneidade; 587-600MATRAGA - Journal published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ); Vol. 27 No. 51 (2020): Modernist prose in contemporary times; 587-6002446-69051414-7165reponame:Matraga (Online)instname:Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)instacron:UERJporhttps://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/49553/35295Postal, Ricardoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-01-09T20:39:27Zoai:ojs.www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br:article/49553Revistahttps://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/matragaPUBhttps://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/matraga/oai||letrasmatraga@uerj.br2446-69051414-7165opendoar:2021-01-09T20:39:27Matraga (Online) - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a mask
A arlequimia em Mário de Andrade: crítica e prática de uma máscara
title The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a mask
spellingShingle The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a mask
Postal, Ricardo
Imaginário
Mário de Andrade
Arlequim.
Imagination
Mário de Andrade
Harlequin.
title_short The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a mask
title_full The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a mask
title_fullStr The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a mask
title_full_unstemmed The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a mask
title_sort The harlequin in Mário de Andrade: criticism and practice of a mask
author Postal, Ricardo
author_facet Postal, Ricardo
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Postal, Ricardo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Imaginário
Mário de Andrade
Arlequim.
Imagination
Mário de Andrade
Harlequin.
topic Imaginário
Mário de Andrade
Arlequim.
Imagination
Mário de Andrade
Harlequin.
description The Week of Modern Art’s critical paths unfold both in the texts produced by those participating in the intellectual debate about art at that time and in the critical fortune that the works of those intellectuals prompted. This paper is a critical interpretation of Mario de Andrade’s artistic practice that interrogates how figurations of the Harlequin, which are pervasive inhis oeuvre, are transformed into an aesthetic proposal and into an artistic shape. Looking at the way critics perceived the Harlequin in Mario de Andrade’s writings, we converse with those perceptions and propose a stretching of the character’s meaning, thinking about the reasons for the choice of this mask by the writer and seeing it as the basis for the improvised act of writing and representing an art and an identity which would not still be possible in Brazil. From this perspective, Macunaíma’s rhapsodic features would be an example of ‘harlequimy’, indicating a proximity with the improvising of many sources similar to the Harlequin practice in Comedia dell’arte. Harlequin, this central figure that irradiates metaphors, guides Mário de Andrade’s poetics, through which the artist accomplishes a symbiosis of aesthetics, practice and life.
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