Sob o viés da flora nordestina: a representatividade do regionalismo na lírica de Joaquim Cardozo

Abstract

This paper proposes to describe the way Joaquim Cardozo portrayed the region of Pernambuco through his lyrical works and how such behavior is the result of his participation in the regionalist developments of the time. In this sense, the hypothesis is raised that the lyrical work of the poet Joaquim Cardozo specifically concerning the recurrence of elements of flora that are found with exuberance in the northeastern regions and that populate his lyrical imaginary procedures of great effect, reveres the regionalist key in an original and authorial way. The theoretical framework of this research starts from the critical studies on the Regionalist Movement that occurred in the 1920s in Recife, as well as the polemics and impasses that permeated this group, which can be tracked in the critical analysis of the regional aspects in the Cardozian poetic work. The critical-theoretical framework used for this research is mainly focused on the teachings of Gilberto Freyre (1996), Moema D'Andréia (1992), Neroaldo Azevedo (1996), Antônio Dimas (1996), Souza Barros (1972) and Houaiss (1976). From these studies, it is discussed how Joaquim Cardozo used the presence of the regional flora of the Northeast and in particular, the region of the state of Pernambuco, aiming at a greater understanding of the surrounding movements through which the poet crossed and joined. Regarding the methodology adopted, the research is bibliographic and has a qualitative approach as its information is not quantifiable but will be approached by interpretive methods. Besides, it is a study guided by the inductive method that is it starts with an analysis to reach general conclusions.