Singing and voice of guarani people: the divinity of oral word

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/boitata.2011v6.e31198

Keywords:

Singing and voice of Guarani People, Aspects of mitology, Divinity

Abstract

This essay intends to analyse the speeches and singins of the Guarani People under the theoretical frame of oral poetics as developed in the studies of Ong (1982) and Zumthor (2007). This paper will also bring out some aspects of Guarani Mithology using for such aim the studies and records of Campbell (2002), Chamorro (2008), Nimuendaju (1987), and Kaká Werá Jecupé (2001), analyzing the Guarani word under its many aspects: cultural, ideological, mitological and divine.

Author Biography

Lívia Petry Jahn, UFRGS

PhD student in Portuguese and Luso-African Literature at UFRGS.

References

CAMPBELL, Joseph. Mitologia na vida moderna. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Rosa dos Tempos, 2002.

CHAMORRO, Graciela. Terra Madura Yvy Araguyje: Fundamento da Palavra Guarani. Dourados: Editora da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, 2008.

JECUPÉ, Kaká Werá. Tupã Tenondé. São Paulo: Peirópolis, 2001.

NIMUENDAJU, Curt Unkel. As lendas da criação e destruição do mundo. São Paulo: Hucitec/ EDUSP, 1987.

ONG, Walter. Oralidade e cultura escrita. Campinas: Papirus, 1982.

ZUMTHOR, Paul. Performance, recepção e leitura. São Paulo: EDUC, 2007.

Published

2011-10-09

How to Cite

Jahn, L. P. (2011). Singing and voice of guarani people: the divinity of oral word. Boitatá, 6(12), 138–150. https://doi.org/10.5433/boitata.2011v6.e31198

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