Brazilian Cantoria and Slam: poetics of performance

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Keywords:

Slam, Cantoria, Performance, Comparative literature, Body

Abstract

This article proposes to compare two oral poetic genres, cantoria and slam, from the perspective of performance art, exploring their similarities and differences. Based on performance art studies and reference works on the two genres, thought of as a poetics that constitutes itself as a technique, it is proposed to consider the body’s use as a technical object (Mauss, 2003). The importance of the improvisation in cantoria and the unprecedented feature of slam are emphasized, while the aim is to highlight the scenic character of the two poetic acts marked by speed and forcefulness in the game. The text points out as a result the verification of this analogy between the two genres based on the scenic character of their performance.

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Author Biographies

Tiago Barbosa Souza, Universidade Federal do Piauí (professor efetivo); Universidade Federal do Ceará (doutorando)

Professor da Coordenação de Letras Estrangeiras da Universidade Federal do Piauí, leciona nas áreas de Língua Francesa e Literatura. É Graduado em Letras Francês pela Universidade Federal do Ceará e Mestre em Literatura Comparada pela mesma instituição. Desenvolve pesquisa sobre oralidade e performance na literatura e sobre ensino de língua francesa para mobilidade acadêmica. É doutorando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras da UFC, onde desenvolve pesquisa sobre performance, corpo e virtualidade no teatro contemporâneo.

Martine Suzanne Kunz, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Martine Suzanne Kunz is French, naturalized Brazilian since 1991. A retired full professor at Universidade Federal do Ceará since July 2019. She is still linked to the institution as a voluntary researcher (PROPAP) at PPGLetras of the university. She researches compared literature involving works of French or lusophonic expression. aside from that, she started in 2019 another research project entitled A French translation for chosen works by Monteiro Lobato.

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Published

2021-04-12

How to Cite

Souza, T. B., & Kunz, M. S. (2021). Brazilian Cantoria and Slam: poetics of performance. Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies, 11(2), 01–22. Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/111557

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021): Abr./Jun. 2021

Section

Performance and anthropology

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