Tropicalismos na Música Popular Brasileira: um olhar interdiscursivo sobre a Tropicália e a geração de 90

Abstract

ln this research, we investigate the interdiscursivity between two positions in the Brazilian Popular Music discourse: Tropicalism and the Northeastern branch of the 1990's Generation, which comprises three singers / composers: Zeca 8aleiro, Lenine and Chico César. Our theoretical support is the one of the French Discourse Analysis, as delineated by Maingueneau (1997, 2001). Central concepts in this work are: discursive position, Interdiscursivity, diaJogism, enunciative heterogencity, intertextuality. To accomplish our task, we followed three steps: 1. a discursive characterization of Tropicalism; 2. a discursive characterization of the Northeastern branch of the 1990' s Generation; 3. identification of intertextual and interdiscursive relationships between the two positions mentioned. These discursive characterizations were based on the notions of scenographic ethical and linguistic investments, (MAINGUENEAU, 2001). For the study of the intertextual and interdiscursive relationships, we adopted Piégay-Gros' (1996) and Costa's (2001) proposals. We proved the existence of interdiscursivity between the referred positions, identifying, in the production of the Northeastem branch of the 1990' s Generation, the following intertextual relationships with the tropicalist movement: citation, reference and allusion; and the following interdiscursive relationships: imitation of ethos, language code and scenographies; besides lhe following enunciative gestures: structuring of the Iyrics as cinematographic a semblies, disconlinuity of the narrative or descriptive character of the song; unusual intervals in the rnelodies; insertion of noises, sounds such as noise of fairs, conversations, etc; mixture of traditional and popular instruments with modern and erudite instruments, to emphasize the contrast between the old and the modern, the regional and the universal; diversity of rhythms played. The interdiscursivity is identified, above ali, for the convergencc of both positions' proposals to promete a valorization ofthe heterogeneity as an outstanding feature ofthe Brazilian culture.