“Of Fever, of Drama”

“Fallen Heroe”, an Uprising Paradigm of the Oral Library of Slam

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https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-6385.151236

Abstract

This study seeks to understand how the poem “Herói tombado” (Fallen Hero) (2014), by multi-talented artist Roberta Estrela D’Alva, becomes a paradigm of the uprising voice in the wide oral library that characterizes Slam. Produced for the project Gefallene Helden, the text, as a performance, denounces everyday racism. Priority is given to the poem transmuted into words, gestures, glances, sounds, and shadows archived on video. As theoretical support, the concept of “oralitura” by Martins (2003) is adopted, as well as the notions of poetic orality by Soyinka (1987; 1988; 2004). Between words, expressions, and images, D’Alva is a body engaged in embracing a conscious, didactic, and socially critical lyricism, establishing herself as a canon in the library of decolonial knowledge.

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Marcele Aires Franceschini, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Doutora em Literatura Brasileira pela Universidade de São Paulo; Professora do Departamento de Teorias Linguísticas e Literárias da Universidade Estadual do Maringá.

Hertz Wendell de Camargo, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Doutor em Estudos da Linguagem pela Universidade Estadual do Maringá. Professor do Departamento de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Published

2026-06-15

How to Cite

FRANCESCHINI, Marcele Aires; CAMARGO, Hertz Wendell de. “Of Fever, of Drama”: “Fallen Heroe”, an Uprising Paradigm of the Oral Library of Slam. Cadernos do IL, [S. l.], n. 70, p. 170–195, 2026. DOI: 10.22456/2236-6385.151236. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/cadernosdoil/article/view/151236. Acesso em: 8 aug. 2026.

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Artigos de estudos literários