Cacaso não é bem o caso do acaso

À partir de la lecture de quelques poèmes de Lero-lero, l'ensemble de l'oeuvre poétique de Cacaso, cet article interroge sur la vision que la poésie marginale n'a pas de valeur du point de vue littéraire, ayant été construite seulement par l'expressivité spontanée des événements quotidiens, se passant de l'élaboration poétique. Au contraire, on constate que les poèmes de Cacaso visent la construction d'un simulacre de spontanéité soutenu pas par une négligence formelle, mais par une dépuration du langage qui possibilite mettre sur la corde raide les valeurs dites littéraires.

Cacaso não é bem o caso do acaso

Through the reading of Lero-lero, a collection of Cacaso's poetical work, this article questions the supposition that marginal poetry has no literary value as it was created through spontaneous expression of day-to-day facts, overlooking poetical elaboration. On the contrary, Cacasós poems point towards the construction of a simulacrum of spontaneity sustained not by a formal unconcern, but by a refined language, thereby placing the so-called literary values on a tightrope. Therefore we shall examine what this might mean and its effects.

Marginália tropical: Cacaso, um poeta antropófago

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Caso de Poesia (Antônio Carlos de Brito, vulgo Cacaso)

This paper deals with characteristically anti-authoritarian aspects of Antônio Carlos de Brito’s work, alias Cacaso (1944-1987). It aims to provide evidence on his peculiar poetry writing exercise, which incorporates political and aesthetic tensions into its own language, rather than just refer to them. By anchoring in a poetics of everyday life and by being engaged in a dialogue with Brazilian literary tradition, Cacaso manages image, tone and emotion in order to instantly illuminate the impasses of his generation.