Entre lírios e liras: a mitopoética utópica da Jurema Sagrada

Abstract

Informed by the Utopian and Literary Studies on Mythopoetic, I propose, with this work, the analysis of the lirios of Jurema, religious hymns of public domain that are part of the Brazilian religion Jurema. The corpus is composed of a sample of 100 lirios that I chose and categorized from a survey that involved bibliographic and audio visual sources, centralizing a significant number of poems for analysis. The construction of this study implied in the presentation of a panorama of the Jurema traditions and beliefs, pointing to understanding its lyrical production; and in an investigation of the work of criticism, from the beginning of Jurema studies until the present moment. Following, I present a more analytical perspective on the interpretation of the poems. I end my exploration of the theme by emphasizing the approximations between Jurema and utopia, which in my view are presented in three distinct levels: in the expression of mythopoetic discourse; in the representation of mythical spiritual places, wonderful paradises / secret places; and, finally, in the perpetuation of human being, through enchantment and its connections with Sebastianism. With this work, I aim to collaborate with the expansion of research in the area of critical studies of utopia in national texts and contribute to the critical fortune of Jurema’s poems, promoting the visibility of the mythopoetic of this rich religious and cultural manifestation.