Itinerário de Bruno de Menezes: poeta modernista de Belém do Pará (1893-1931)

Abstract

Bruno de Menezes, author of several works from Pará, whether in prose, poetry, theater or critical study, draws attention for the diversity of his literature, especially since his third publication, Poesia (1931), known as the first edition of the greatest book highlight of the author, Batuque (1939). However, what can be seen is that the writer had already started the modernist movement in the state since 1913, with the publication of the poem “O Operário”, in the newspaper O Martelo, in which he claimed the rights of workers, generally exploited by the bosses. of late Belle Époque society. The objective of this work was to contextualize the relevance of Bruno de Menezes' role in the construction of modernist literature in Pará and the artistic renewal that took place since the publication of the magazine Klaxon (1922) surfaced. The methodology used is the current contemporary research method, where there is an infinity of research channels, that is, the search, not only in print – theses, dissertations, books, magazines, archive documents – but also in many electronic media, publications by critics in newspapers, documents and photos of the poet. The outline of this dissertation took place from the poet's birth to the year 1931, highlighting relevant aspects of Afro poetry and the vast critical fortune of Bruno de Menezes. The need to extend this type of research to other writers from Pará is highlighted, as they contributed to Brazilian modernist literature.