The transfigured Amazon João de Jesus Paes Loureiro’s theatre

Authors

  • Relivaldo Pinho

Abstract

João de Jesus Paes Loureiro’s is one of the most representative artistic and theoretical works from contemporary Amazon. This is where is situated his work as a playwright, still virtually unknown as an object of analysis. This text aims at analyzing it. We will see that the Amazon is at the heart of his theater, especially in aspects associated with its imaginary and history, but you will also notice various dialogues with other sources –mainly the Greek one–, with theoretical contributions in general, and theater theory in particular. These elements intertwine to make up a dramaturgy based on conception in which Amazon’s real and imaginary dimensions interact and provide a representation of this region that can be seen as an allegory, as criticism, and, above all, as an Amazon which image is shown as transfigured.

Keywords: João de Jesus Paes Loureiro; Amazon; Amazonian theater.

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Author Biography

  • Relivaldo Pinho
    Doutor em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Professor do Departamento de Comunicação Social e do Mestrado em Comunicação, Linguagens e Cultura da Universidade da Amazônia (Unama). Autor, entre outros livros, de Amazônia, cidade e cinema em Um dia qualquer e Ver-o-peso. Belém: Instituto de Artes do Pará, 2012.

Published

2016-05-06

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Section

Dossiê: Palco & Página: História & Teatro

How to Cite

The transfigured Amazon João de Jesus Paes Loureiro’s theatre. (2016). ArtCultura, 16(29). https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/artcultura/article/view/34255