Moralidade e conservadorismo nos folhetos de Rodolfo Coelho Cavalcante (1960-1970)

Abstract

The work analyzes the relevance of the strings of the poet Rodolfo Coelho Cavalcante from Alagoas from Rio Largo, written in the context of the Civil-Military Dictatorship, especially those related to the conservative and moralistic character of their author. Among other characters, the figure of Roberto Carlos stands out as a protagonist of the pamphlets that address the “hairy ones”, thus relativizing the image of the “King” that would be constructed later. At first, the origin of the so-called Literature of Leaflets is approached and how, upon arriving in Brazil, leaflets were reinterpreted by the reality of the Sertões and cities in Northeastern Brazil. In this research, the importance of the so-called Chapbooks Literature for historiographical research is highlighted, since History can also be constructed and analyzed having Chapbooks works and authors as source and object.