Deixa vir do coração a arte poética de Djavan

Abstract

Brazilian Popular Music of the 1970s and 1980s, besides marking a wide musical variety, became the prelude to songs of protest and resistance against the dictatorship and repression that plagued artistic and musical spaces, as well as suppressing artists. In this context, Djavan, navigating themes of racial and socioeconomic hardships, emerged with songs marked by an unmistakable poetic style, which stood apart from the popular musical scene of that era. This research aims to analyze Djavan's poetics in the songs “E Que Deus Ajude” (1976), “Alagoas” (1978), “Lambada da Serpente” (1980), and “Se” (1992), which situate the musician within Brazilian Popular Music (MPB). By exploring poetic choices, metaphors, and stylistic resources that define Djavan’s music, this study seeks to shed light on the Brazilian Popular Music landscape of the 1970s and 1980s. The methodology thus aims to connect the historical context, the musician's biography, and his poetic choices in these songs. Therefore, this work, based on bibliographic and qualitative research, draws on the studies of theorists such as Cecchetto (2011), Chediak (2009), Coutinho (2002), Sukman (2018), Ferreira (2008), Ferreira (2022), Hauers (2017), Meyer (1989), Napolitano (2002), Paixão (2018), Perrone (1998), Saldanha (2008), Silva (2004), Siqueira (2016), Souza (2010), Souza & Lobo (2021), and Oliveira (2016).