Lavoura Arcaica: romance lírico

Abstract

In the course of history literary genres were conceived in different ways until reaching the current conceptions, as which studies the genres from the fundamental elements that compose a literary work, being the form, the content, and the composition. Assuming that the two major existing genres are prose and poetry, this study aims to show how hybridism of genres happens, specifically the fusion of poetry with the narrative, imposed by the own plot of the work “Lavoura Arcaica”. Raduan Nassar´s novel is considered lyrical for being full of lyrical poetry to meet its extremely subjective content, consisting in a genuine claim for human soul. Thus, only a conventional narrative would not attend all these contents inherent to the human inner. However, poetry is demanded, but not the common poetry and so, the lyrical poetry, in which “self” expresses emotions and feelings towards the world, making use of poetic speech as metaphors, comparisons and synesthesia.