Os descaminhos de uma modernidade periférica na lírica de Joaquim Cardozo

Abstract

The poem “Canto do Homem Marcado” (The Marked Man’s Song, in a free translation) reminds us of
our freedom; and that art is a distinct world, although it comprehends the world in itself. In this article, we do not understand lyric poetry as a subjective reflection of the “lyrical self”, but it is perceived as the dialectical relationship between subject and object. The poem’s lines capture the interaction of this objective world and people who live in it. The reader can follow this process, where lyric poetry gives voice to what ideology intends to hide by singing the tension between the tortuous paths of an underdeveloped modernity and the poetical view of Cardozo.