Estudo de Poemas para a amiga e outros dizeres : Helena, Angélica e a amizade

Abstract

This paper deals with the fascination of friendship converted into poetry in the work Poemas para a Amiga e Outros Dizeres (2014), by Helena Parente Cunha, who, through memories and experiences impacted by the experience of death, pays homage to Angélica Soares, a teacher and researcher in the field of Literature, with whom Parente Cunha experienced fraternal bonds of friendship. Based on the studies of Benjamin (1985), Moraes (1939), Ramalho (2006 and 2015) and Sousa (2016), we will try to recognize how friendship is configured in the work and also develop analytical readings of some poems, as a means of deepening our understanding of the signs of fraternity and also of pain that permeate the experience of translating the loss of a friend into poetry. With the proposed approach, we hope to contribute, expand and enrich the author's critical fortune and literary studies.