O cangaceiro representado de modo ambivalente na literatura regional do Nordeste.

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the representation of cangaceiros in the literature, with emphasis Lampião, the "King of Cangaço", for being the most influential and represented in the literature. Another also analyzed is Severino of Aracaju, a prototype of Lampião, which has great similarities in the representations. The cangaceiros have become established and rewritten in the literature of different aspects: sometimes brave; sometimes pious and vigilantes, as we shall see in twine and works throughout the study. This work will be concerned about analyzing some of these representations, specifically in two plays, "Lampião" (1953) Rachel de Queiroz and "Auto da Compadecida" (1955) by Ariano Suassuna. For effective use of the work as authors: Albuquerque Junior (2013), made a historic journey on the symbolic creation of the Northeast and the male; Camelo Filho (2008), Gruspan- Jasmin (2006), which recounted the life of the greatest cangaceiro, motivator, for the most literary productions, Virgulino Ferreira da Silva. These literary representations we have images of brave bandits, manly, ruthless that oppose the kind of images, naive and religious.