Olhos de viajante: olhares cruzados entre Leite Moraes e Macunaíma

Abstract

This research intends to establish a comparative study between two characters: Joaquim de Almeida Leite Moraes, author and main character in the narrative Apontamentos de Viagem; and Macunaíma, title character of Mário de Andrade s rapsode. The parameter for comparison between the two characters starts from the family relation between both authors, of grandfather and grandson, which enables the possibiity of intertextuality between the texts. From that point on, this work proposes to check the existance of aspects which were beyond references of Leite Moraes text inside Mario de Andrade s text. This way, having as theorical support the Parody, it was established a comparative study, observing: the textual construction, the insertion of the texts in the aesthetic propositions of their contexts and points of convergence and divergence of the aesthetic propositions; the characters view about the environment they went during the narratives, the natural space and the city space, and the points of agreement and disagreement of the characters; the consolidation of morality and amorality and the insertion of characters behaviour in both categories. This way, having such data in hands, it could be verified how the construction of a framework happened in the periods of time the narratives were inserted, such framework which could identify brazilian cultural characteristics and the role of such narratives in the formulation of a brazilian statute.