Transculturation and Epic Theater: Tools for Social Criticism in Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes’ Gota d’agua

Abstract

The following article proposes a revision of dramatic creation strategies present in the play Gota d’água (1975) by Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes. Firstly, it will provide a comparative exercise with Medea by Euripides (431 BC) in order to account for the transculturation processes from the European referent. Then, the manner in which authors make use of epic-brechtian resources is analyzed to finally develop an interpretation proposal that links the 1975 play to the political and social situation in Brazil during the military dictatorship.

Keywords

• transculturación
• teatro épico
• Gota d’água
• dictadura militar en Brasil