SOUSA, Thays Barros de.
Abstract:
The present work has as objective the presentation and discussion through the cordel literature of the image of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, aka Lampião, the biggest representative of cangaço, as a characteristic phenomenon of the Northeast region of Brazil. The cangaceiro Lampião occupies a privileged place in the discourses present in Cordel's literature. In the verses written between 1926 and 2001 his image is presented in his ambiguity: sometimes as hero and justice, sometimes as bloodthirsty bandit. This paper proposes a discussion about the ways of representation of this cangaceiro, that is, of the various “Lampião” present in this literature.