A palavra enquanto brinquedo: representação da infância na obra de Arnaldo Antunes.

Abstract

The theme of childhood is one of the most important aspects of Arnaldo Antunes’ works, given the recurrence and the peculiar way that it is treated. Therefore, this paper proposes to make a trip into the infant universe of the poet of São Paulo, discussing how the experience of childhood is represented in his lyrical production. With a visual and performative inspiring design, we can say that Arnaldo Antunes turns poetry into a kind of toy, causing the reader to have fun with the words at the same moment the poem is read. We can see soon that the childhood landscape outlined in the works of Arnaldo Antunes is at the same time of thematic and formal nature.