The imaginary on cordel literature Antonio Conselheiro: o profeta do sertão

Abstract

Based on a perspective of analytical psychology and the collective imagination, this approach makes a mythical and archetypal reading of the imaginary in the cordel literature. The object of analysis is a Brazilian cordel literature, whose title is Antonio Conselheiro: o profeta do sertão (RINARÉ, 2015). In order to interpret the myths and archetypes that organize Antonio Conselheiro's messianic image in Rinaré's poetics, the following can be noted: the mythology of the Divine Child as an original landmark in his mystical trajectory; the Wise Old Man archetype in his virtues of a spiritual counsellor; and the myth of the Savior, accentuating his figure as hope for a destiny with beatitudes in Canudos.