A LITERATURA DE CORDEL ENQUANTO CULTURA POPULAR

análise do cordel baseado na lenda piauiense “o cabeça de cuia” à luz do insólito ficcional

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the Piauí legend “O Cabeça de cuia” written in the form of a string, by the singer, violist and poet from Piauí, Pedro Costa. The focus of this investigation rests on the fact that the aforementioned legend presents unusual conditions in its unfolding that are intrinsically linked to extraordinary facts, unusual to reality, given that these conditions are present in the structure of the selected string. In addition, this study aims to present the elements that enshrine Cordel, in its genesis and through historical vicissitudes, as a manifestation of oral literature. For this, we will approach the origin of the cordel through the European aspect and its arrival in Brazil, supporting ourselves in the assumptions that make this literature to be considered popular literature. From this perspective, a contextualization of the characteristic elements of Cordel and its relationship with local myths and legends will be made. Methodologically, this research is bibliographical, of an analytical-interpretative nature, using content analysis as a method, an empirical technique of data analysis, presented by Laurence Bardin (1997). As a theoretical contribution, we will dialogue with some authors who deal with cordel (ZUMTHOR,1993; CASCUDO, 2010,) and the unusual fiction (TODOROV, 2004; BESSIÈRE, 2009). In this sense, the results indicate that the legend in the form of a string presents configurations that are capable of encompassing elements of the fantastic-wonderful due to the strangeness it causes in readers, with a mixture of mystery and the supernatural.