OS TEMAS DA “REVOLTA” E DO “SATÂNICO” NA POÉTICA SIMBOLISTA: Notas de uma transferência cultural entre França e Brasil

Abstract

Symbolism, a literary movement that emerged in France, opposed Realism and Naturalism and blended influences from Eastern mysticism and criticism of the scientific materialism of industrial society at the beginning of the 20th century. Charles Baudelaire, with his 1857 work "The Flowers of Evil," is regarded as the precursor of the movement, and his sonnet "Correspondences" is considered a starting point for the construction of symbolism, influenced by the theories of Edgar Allan Poe and other authors. The movement was later named "Symbolism" in 1886, in a manifesto that rejected positivism, realism, and Parnassianism. In France, Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud stood out as exponents. In Brazil, Symbolism was received relatively quickly, with authors such as Cruz e Souza, Alphonsus de Guimaraens, Pedro Kilkerry, and Emiliano Perneta, emphasizing themes such as death, transcendence, and spiritual conflicts. The movement in Brazil evolved at a different pace, remaining relevant until the 1910s. The aim of this work is to understand the cultural transfer of French Symbolism to Brazil, focusing on reflections on the themes of "revolt," "Satanism," and "Satan" in poems by Brazilian authors, as elements that anchor these cultural processes.