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 학위논문

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0016935083

International Standard Book Number  

9798380848596

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800

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Litvin, Aaron.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : Harvard University., 2023

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023

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1 online resource(233 p.)

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Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-05, Section: A.

General Note  

Advisor: Carvalho, Bruno;Blackmore, Josiah.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2023.

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This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Summary, Etc.  

요약This dissertation analyzes five works of northeast Brazilian cordel poetry (popular verse poetry in chapbooks) and three northeast Brazilian stand-up comedy performances through the lens of their respective treatment of the theme of marriage. It poses and answers three questions: how does each work characterize marriage, how do these characterizations tend to differ between the two genres, and what do those tendencies reveal about the nature, status, and direction of each genre? It also newly identifies commonalities between northeast Brazilian cordel poetry and stand-up comedy. Finally, it proposes new questions for future consideration, based on this study's conclusions.This dissertation is innovative in several respects: it is the first academic study of northeast Brazilian stand-up comedy; it is the first in-depth analysis of the theme of marriage in northeast Brazilian cordel; it is the first work to compare the two genres; and all eight of the works that it analyzes have never been written about before. These eight works were selected because they are representative of the genres and because they focus on the theme of marriage. The five selected poems are also representative of the diversity of cordel poets, as they include works by authors of different ages, genders, sexual orientations, and geographic areas of northeast Brazil. The five cordel poems analyzed are: O romance de Joao Besta e a Jia da lagoa by Francisco Sales Areda (circa 1950); O sacrificio do amor ou o noivo ressussitado by Manoel d'Almeida Filho (1977); O casamento do boiola by Jose Francisco Borges (1985); Romance de Amanda e Mara by Graciele Castro (2020); and As ninfas da cachoeira ou o castigo da ambicao (2001) by Jose Mapurunga. The three stand-up comedy performances analyzed are: "Um show de comedia standup" by Paulo Araujo's (2018); "Adulto" by Whindersson Nunes (2019); and "Comedia da vida casado" by Kedny Silva (2022). Other active northeast Brazilian comedians, including Arianna Nutt and Max Petterson Monteiro, are referenced but not analyzed, as they have not yet published extensive recordings of their stand-up comedy performances. The analysis of the five cordel poems through the lens of marriage reveals diverse approaches, styles, identities, and perspectives. Each poem depicts marriage from a different angle and in a different light; moreover, each one does so with nuances and layers of meaning that only a close reading can reveal. Areda presents happy marriage as a reward for the protagonist's supposed humility, whereas d'Almeida Filho frames marriage as a social obligation in which the protagonist repays female devotion by offering marriage in return. Borges, in his whimsically vulgar poem, leverages gay marriage to satirize the clergy, while mocking homosexuality as a "modern" aberration. Castro, on the other hand, in sharing her personal story about meeting and marrying her wife, celebrates marriage, including gay marriage, as a sincere expression of love. Mapurunga, meanwhile, frames marriage as an imperative: he grants prosperous marriage as a reward for his protagonist's honesty and obedience, while also directly exhorting his (ostensibly male) reader to embrace monogamy and settle down. Furthermore, analysis of the poems' wording and rhymes reveals subtleties that complicate and transcend the above interpretations.The three stand-up comedians, on the other hand, all jokingly characterize marriage in mostly the same manner, dwelling on a negative, pessimistic depiction of marriage centered on conflict and tension. They present personal anecdotes from their marriages in that light, and they extrapolate those alleged experiences to general affirmations. In doing so, they focus on a single trope: the henpecked, emasculated husband in a passionless relationship who lives in fear of his wife's anger and eventually capitulates to her manipulation and demands. Only Nunes ventures beyond that characterization, employing the theme of marriage as a basis for affirming and joking about his low-income upbringing, regional and socioeconomic class contrasts in Brazil, and the opulence of Brazilian elites along with the greed of those who profit from them. The creativity, originality, and ingenuity of the comedians' stand-up comedy performances are to be found not in the plot, framework, or underlying messages of the material, but rather in the unique details of the comedians' respective anecdotes, in the cleverness of their wordplay, and in the flourishes of their delivery that successfully evoke the audience's laughter.This study has generated new questions that only further study and the passage of time will answer. Could northeast Brazilian stand-up comedy, like cordel, become more diverse and innovative? Specifically with regard to the comedians' treatment of the theme of marriage, why is there such uniformity and negativity? Nutt, in her few published video clips of her stand-up comedy. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest).

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Literature.

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Latin American literature.

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Performing arts.

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Brazilian comedians

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Cordel poetry

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Gay marriage

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Northeast Brazilian

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Popular poetry

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Stand-up comedy

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Harvard University Romance Languages and Literatures

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Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-05A.

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Dissertation Abstract International

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