The childhood in the songs of Chico Buarque: from fantasy to abandonment

Abstract

The songbook of Chico Buarque presents a considerable number of songs that deal with children's universe, material yet little studied in a systematic way by fortune critique of composer. Our efforts, for this article, will be directed to the analysis of the two frequent propositions in the work of the composer, as regards the presence of childhood in your work. In the first case there is a strong brand in the universe of fantasy and dream, in which childhood is seen as a locus amoenus, a kind of paradise lost. In contrast to this proposition is noted in the work of this composer from childhood through his misfortunes, poverty and abandonment. Corresponding to the first perspective, will be reviewed the lyrics of songs “Até pensei”; “João e Maria”; “Maninha”; “Doze anos”; “Massarandupió”. In the second case, our analysis will turn to the children's images built in “Pivete”; “O meu guri”; “Minha história”; “Brejo da cruz” e “Carioca”.