Bráulio Bessa, fazedor de poesias: reflexões e catarses em tempos pandêmicos

Abstract

After reading one hundred and fifty poems by the poet and cordelist from Ceará, Bráulio Bessa Uchôa, we propose, in this study, to analyze eleven works concerning sensitive themes in times of pandemic: pain, hunger, fear, death and longing. In this way, we assume the humble and, at the same time, the complex task of answering the question that provokes us a lot: nowadays, what do Bráulio Bessa's texts and recitation add to the consumers of this literature? To this end, methodologically, a qualitative and quantitative research was developed, of the bibliographic type, which was based on the theorizations of authors such as Aristotle and Schopenhauer who have legacies on catharsis (from the Greek khatarsis, purification, cleaning, ridding of imperfections), especially as a product of tragedy. Based on the research developed, it is possible to emphasize that the lovers of the texts of the “poetry maker” use his literature as a balm for the soul, with important reflections and outpouring of emotions. Finally, we emphasize our intention that this work contributes to alleviate the pain and longing of all who lost loved ones in the covid-19 pandemic, explained in the poems “Innumerable” and “Recomece”, by Bessa, a dichotomy of pain and healing, tragedy and hope.