Nas cordas de Leandro Gomes de Barros: análise da astucia inocente em O Cavalo que Defecava Dinheiro e a Donzela Teodora.

Abstract

The current research presents a study in progress of two pieces of the Cordel Literature ―The horse that defecated money‖ and ―The maiden Teodora‖, from the poet Leandro Gomes de Barros. The goal of this research it to approach the theme of the innocent astuteness of less favored people to survive. Choosing as a goal of study this kind of literature, which appeared in the Renaissance period and that, receive this name Cordel because it consisted in printed brochure on a rustic paper that was exposed on ropes, this work is a research of bibliographic character and analytical founded in Viana (2014), Diégues Júnior (1986), among other authors. As methodology, it was used the reading of texts about the chosen theme, besides the analysis of the pieces ―The horse that defecated money‖ and ―The maiden Teodora‖, fromLeandroGomesdeBarros, selected works, in which the goal of the study is, precisely, the astuteness of the characters facing the difficulties that they encountered in their life. Until now, it was concluded that the knowledge of the poet Leandro Gomes de Barros, a poor inlander, is one of the data that counts in choosing the theme of the astuteness of the less favored people to excel the difficulties as the dry season, the oppression of the bosses and colonels, besides the prejudice related to the feminine figure of the time. Thus, each one, on their mode, try to escape from the suffering using their astuteness in an innocent or naughty way to get rid of the difficulties.