O abraço de chegada e o beijo de partida: Paulo Aires Marinho e Esperando Godot em diálogo pela mediação literária

Abstract

This dissertation addresses literary mediation, investigating how reading is integrated into the process of human formation, understanding literature as a formative and essential dimension of the human experience. The work establishes a dialogue between the dramaturgy of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot and the last verse of the poem "Dossiê sobre as calçadas" (Dossier on the Sidewalks), by the Tocantins writer Paulo Aires Marinho. The verse evokes the imagery of the arrival hug and the farewell kiss, and the main objective is to mediate this poetic imagery through performance.To this end, the performance "Cartas para Godot" (Letters to Godot) was conceived and created, understood as a performative procedure for the mediation of Tocantins poetry. The research uses performance as an artistic language with the purpose of exploring the sensitive dimension and the "aura" of the poem. Methodologically, the research relies on authors such as Antonio Candido and Michelle Petit to support literature as an indispensable social practice.For the purpose of delimiting the object, the study adopts a framework for "Tocantins Literature" that prioritizes the author's residency, recognizing the emergence of a literary system in a newly created state. The dissertation is structured in three main chapters: the first is dedicated to a study of Tocantins Literature and its specificities; the second addresses literary mediation as a multiple practice; and the third describes in detail the performative procedure "Cartas para Godot," highlighting its potential as a pedagogical practice and for the valorization of regional production. As a result, the research seeks to develop—both theoretically and practically—the notion of mediation extended over time.