Ecos do grito da guerreira Dandara do Quilombo dos Palmares: inspiração à poesia ritmada

Abstract

This final paper presents the trajectory of my artistic creation process through the interpretation of a cordel of my own authorship, whose narrative is inspired by the figure of Dandara, black woman, leader of battles fought for the freedom of her people, a refugee in the Quilombo dos Palmares. This exploratory work has as its methodological instrument the bibliographical research and the writing of cordel in the sextile structure. For the study about cordel literature, I used the references of Silva and Tomácio (2014), Nóbrega (2019), Queiroz (2006), and Amaral Filho (2013). Given the scarcity of historiographical references on Dandara, I resorted to the fictional works of Jarid Arraes (2016) and Leonardo Chalub (2021). I understand that this study may be a contribution to the visibility of this female figure who integrated the history of União dos Palmares and, at the same time, through poetic narrative and cordel literature, raises a critical perspective on the invisibility of this woman in the midst of official history, written, as a rule, by men. Thus, I concluded that the result of this research, besides the written text and the cordel transcribed in the fourth section, also presents a video in which the cordel will be sung. The recording refers to the second part of the rhythmic poetry, entitled Echoes of the cry of the warrior Dandara from Quilombo dos Palmares, which emphasizes the topics that are inspired by the figure of Dandara. Finally, I believe that this work represents the beginning of a journey full of challenges and composed of many possibilities of exploration for the dissemination of Cordel literature more broadly in the educational context.