Child of the dark

revisiting the critique of Carlos Vogt

Authors

  • Nathalia Bezerra da Silva Ferreira
  • Verônica Maria de Araújo Pontes

Keywords:

Carolina de Jesus, Poverty, Criticism

Abstract

Carolina Maria de Jesus is conquering her place in the Brazilian literary scene. The author, who lived fame and oblivion abruptly with the publication of Quarto de despejo 1960 [Child of the dark 1962], finds today, especially with the advent of the rescue and recovery of marginal literature, a space within literary studies. Thus, this paper aims to do a reading of Carlos Vogt's work in critical essay entitled Trabalho, pobreza e trabalho intellectual presented in the book Os pobres na literatura brasileira, edited by Robert Schwarz. Vogt’s critics focus into an analysis on poverty representation in the work of Carolina Maria de Jesus. In fact, more than representing poverty, the author experiences it daily and portrayed in her diary. Besides poverty, another important aspect of Vogt’s critics concerns about the esthetics in the book.

Author Biographies

Nathalia Bezerra da Silva Ferreira

Mestranda em Letras pela Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte-UERN. E-mail: nathalia.bzr@gmail.com

Verônica Maria de Araújo Pontes

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade do Minho- Portugal. Professora Adjunto IV da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte-UERN. E-mail: veronicapontes@uern.br

Published

2022-04-16

How to Cite

Ferreira, N. B. da S., & Pontes, V. M. de A. (2022). Child of the dark: revisiting the critique of Carlos Vogt. Identidade!, 21(1), 122–130. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1510

Issue

Section

RELIGIÃO, IDENTIDADE E HISTÓRIA