Transculturation and Epic Theater: Tools for Social Criticism in Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes’ Gota d’agua

The following article proposes a revision of dramatic creation strategies present in the play Gota d’água (1975) by Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes. Firstly, it will provide a comparative exercise with Medea by Euripides (431 BC) in order to account for the transculturation processes from the Europea...

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Published in:	Revista de culturas y literaturas comparadas Vol. 6
Main Author:	Jaime Pérez Vera
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 01-12-2016
Subjects:	dictadura militar en Brasil Gota d’água teatro épico transculturación
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Summary:	The following article proposes a revision of dramatic creation strategies present in the play Gota d’água (1975) by Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes. Firstly, it will provide a comparative exercise with Medea by Euripides (431 BC) in order to account for the transculturation processes from the European referent. Then, the manner in which authors make use of epic-brechtian resources is analyzed to finally develop an interpretation proposal that links the 1975 play to the political and social situation in Brazil during the military dictatorship.
ISSN:	1852-4737 2591-3883