Mário de Andrade’s conception of art, in the 'Rito do irmão pequeno': a study in the light of Schiller and the suppressed passage of "Amar, verbo intransitivo"

Abstract

Analysing poems of Mário de Andrade, it is possible to understand the modernist conception of artistic creation, mainly in love poems. In the group "Rito do irmão Pequeno" (1931), in which a relation of friendship and love is established between the lyric self and the “irmão pequeno”, questions that touch the theme of art can be seen. In this way, the study of the verses, taking into account the affirmations of Friedrich Schiller, as well as the theoretical reflections present in the sections suppressed by Mário, in his “exemplar de trabalho” of Amar, verbo intransitivo, leads us to understand Mário de Andrade's conception of art.