THE LYRICISM IN THE CHRONICLE AND THE CASE OF ELIANE BRUM

Abstract

The space of the Chronicle is, in most cases, the place of critical reflections to society, using as a starting point "daily" themes that are potentiated to the level of humor, irony and poetry. As poetry, the problematization of lyricism in the Chronicle was sometimes mentioned in theoretical discussions, and appears in some categorizations of the genre that were proposed by critics. However, considering the volume of studies that have already focused on the chronicle, we understand that the theme is distributed in a sparse way. Thus, the objective of this work is to propose a brief overview of the theme in texts of authors such as: Massaud Moisés (1982), Antonio Candido (1992), Davi Arrigucci Jr (1987), Afrânio Coutinho (1986) and Eduardo Portella (1958). We also intend to perform interpretive analyses and clarify the lyrical aspects that compose two chronicles of the writer Eliane Brum.