Navegando nas águas do mito: as múltiplas rotas de Waly Salomão

Abstract

The researches that have been conducted concerning Waly Salomão´s poetry aimed to analyze characteristics that demonstrate the presence of polyphony in his works, as well as dialogism, the assemble of many voices. The thought of myth as a part of Waly´s poetic is something that has not yet been studied, in other words, it is an unprecedented discussion. Wally´s poetry has many traditions, and it is noticeable in his writing the presence of mythological symbolism, classical tradition evocation and images that do not fade away within time, by the opposite, they are renewed because they are myths that repeat themselves and endure. By the light of that prospect, the aim of this dissertation is to analyze Wally´s Salomão work focusing mainly on Me segura qu´eu vou dar um troço e Algaravias, analyzing how the myth influences the poet´s verses who nominate himself as sailormoon, and reveals archetypes and images which are part of collective imagination and which serve on his poetic identity quest that is multiple. It is perceived, primarily, a fascination for mythical water in which the poet sails through different routes, reactivating myths and also giving them a new contemporary meaning. In order to fulfill these goals, among other authors, the works of Mircea Eliade, Gaston Bachelard and Gilbert Durand will be largely considered as theoretical background, attempting to identify mythical elements, archetypes and images from the collective imagination. Thereby, associating myth and poetry, the poet from Bahia, Wally Salomão, builds a writing that surpasses time barriers and prints innovation to his poetry, joining fragments from tradition that dilute in his verses.