Revisiting Caramuru: the principles of the writer’s journey in epic poem and film

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7917.2022.e83318

Keywords:

The writer’s journey, Hero’s Journey, Caramuru, Film, Epic

Abstract

The article presented intends to explain the fundamentals of creative writing proposed by Vogler (2015). The article discusses Vogler’s reinterpretation of Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces, a book in which he discusses the roles of archetypes and their functions in narratives, as well as reorganizing the stages of the hero’s journey with a view to writing scripts. To exemplify the effectiveness and pertinence of Vogler’s ideas, it was first investigated in Caramuru: poema épico do descobrimento da Bahia, by Frei José de Santa Rita Durão (2008 [1781]), the presence and function of such archetypes; and, later, the applicability of the stages of the hero’s journey in a reading of the film Caramuru, a invenção do Brasil (2001).

Author Biography

Dílson César Devides, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Câmpus Bacabal

Doutor em Letras – Estudos Literários pelo IBILCE/Unesp. Mestre em Letras – Estudos Literários pela UFMS. Graduado em Letras – português/espanhol pela UEPG. Professor de Literatura no ICHS, UFMT, Campus ARAGUAIA. Professor permanente do PGLB/UFMA e professor colaborador do PPGECCO/UFMT. Membro do grupo de pesquisa Labfront: Laboratório de Poéticas Fronteiriças (UEMG).

References

CARAMURU, a invenção do Brasil. Direção de Guel Arraes. Produção de Anna Barroso. Roteiro: Guel Arraes, Jorge Furtado. Rio de Janeiro: Columbia Tristar Filmes, 2001. (85 min.), son., color.

DURÃO, José de Santa Rita. Caramuru: poema épico do descobrimento da Bahia. In: TEIXEIRA, Ivan. (Org.). Épicos: Prosopopeia: O Uraguai: Caramuru: Vila Rica: A Confederação dos Tamoios: I-Juca Pirama. São Paulo: Edusp: Imprensa Oficial do Estado de São Paulo, 2008. p. 355-660.

DUTRA, Waltensir. O Arcadismo na poesia lírica, épica e satírica. In: COUTINHO, Afrânio (Dir.). A literatura no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, 1968. p. 319-361. vol.1.

REY, Marcos. O roteirista profissional: TV e cinema. São Paulo: Ática, 2009.

VOGLER, Christopher. A jornada do escritor: estrutura mítica para escritores. 3.ed. Trad. de Petê Rissatti. São Paulo: Aleph, 2015.

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2022-07-01

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DEVIDES, Dílson César. Revisiting Caramuru: the principles of the writer’s journey in epic poem and film. Anuário de Literatura, [S. l.], v. 27, p. 01–19, 2022. DOI: 10.5007/2175-7917.2022.e83318. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/literatura/article/view/83318. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 27 (2022)

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