A Crônica em Drummond: um gênero em trânsito

Abstract

The specific objectives sought to demonstrate Drummond‟s skillfulness at moving between the various literary genres. In his work there is an intermingling of prose fiction, nature studies, literary criticism and essays, all in a poetic and metalinguistic dimension. We set out to identify and critically examine the aesthetic phenomena of intertextuality, the meta-language and elements of orality, characteristic of modern prose. As theoretical basis we resort to concepts of the poetic function of language of Roman Jakobson, the incorporation of mass media, the breakdown of genres, the merger between prose and poetry, problematized by Haroldo de Campos and Octavio Paz. However, we found that drummondiana chronic fulfills its function, as in reporting the facts of daily life, makes for a seemingly uncompromising light, but reveals an intense and thoughtful literary figure