Murilo Mendes em diálogo: intertextualidades

Abstract

The thesis explores the concept of intertextuality, one of the basic principles of theory formulated by Roland Barthes, Julia Kristeva and M. Bakhtin’s interdiscusivity, in order to identify and analyze dialogues of the poetics of Murilo Mendes with that of other artists and poets, developed in three axes: the sacred, art and myth. Beginning with the feminine name Berenice, it investigates how the theme of the sacred reveals itself from the muse, the guiding thread of the first part of the research, that resumes the relations of the poet with Ismael Nery and Adalgisa Nery. Next, it turns to the horacian adage Ut pictura poesis to explore intertextual processes that encompass not only citation, but still metalanguage, paraphrase, mise en abyme and ekphrasis. In this second part, the reflection directed towards the art through literary and pictorial images of stylistic traits and composition processes, has as corpus Murilo Mendes, Ismael Nery, Vieira da Silva and Arpad Szenes. Finally, based on the comparison of the poetic work of Maria da Saudade Cortesão Mendes with that of Murilo Mendes, the last section deals with the literary rewriting of the myth, to seek to give visibility to the poetry of Saudade Cortesão, left in the shade by the current critics. In general terms, the thesis highlights that intertextuality is a theoretical resource that affirms, above all, the profuse character of Murilo's poetry, which was loaded with diverse cultural references.