“A memória de nós”

a pesquisa do Grupo em Lírica Brasileira Contemporânea no contexto do curso de Letras da UFMA

Abstract

The first part of this text presents a brief reflection about the journey of the Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Lírica Brasileira Contemporânea (Contemporary Brazilian Lyric Study and Research Group) in the context of the Literary Studies, developed at Universidade Federal do Maranhão since 2014 until 2023. Then, we present and comment a selection of seven poems, each representing a decade, from the 1960s to 2023, having in common the time topic and two aspects of it: the inevitable life ephemerality and the effort, through art, to endure in time. In another action context, the academic research of contemporary works also deals with the challenge of grasping a production which is ever-changing and making, not a perennial, but at least a long-lasting memory of this poetic work. Having more of a memorial purpose instead of an analytical one, these considerations intend to be part of the 70th Anniversary of Letras undergraduate course at Universidade Federal do Maranhão.