A crítica literária aos romances “Chove nos Campos de cachoeira”, “Marajó” e “Três casas e um rio” na imprensa do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Discredited as a critical model, impressionistic criticism until the first half of the twentieth century dominated the literary debate in Brazil and its performance was hegemonic in the literary supplements of newspapers, magazines and weeklies. It is known that for a long time, it was the main source of readers’ guidance, revealing reading keys, clearing plots, playing characters and most of all it was also the living bond responsible for the link between the work and the reader and between literature and everyday life. Thus, this paper studies the literary criticism in the press of the city of Rio de Janeiro on the first three novels of Pará Dalcídio Jurandir writer (1909-1979). Show how Chove nos Campos de Cachoeira (1941), Marajó (1947) and Três Casas e um Rio (1958), in its immediate context of publication, were read by critics considered Impressionist. We intend to recognize how consolidated the meanings of these books, elucidate the critical procedures of the first assessors Dalcídio Jurandir and raise new hypotheses that help the new readings of these novels to go beyond what is laid by the current critical system.