Mário Cabral : revelações de um perfil leitor

Abstract

The research "Mário Cabral: revelations of a personal profile reader" proceeds from the analysis of Mário Araújo Cabral's personal library, containing autographed books, personal letters and personal archives collected throughout his life. As a preparatory measure, the literature review focused on the conceptualization of personal library and personal archives, the biography of the profiled intellectual, its main researchers, the methodological foundations of the field research and the history of the current information unit that safeguards the collection of books and Documents observed. The research developed was of a basic nature, qualitative methodological approach. The main findings of the study were the methodological possibilities of revealing the reader profile, through the study of the collection of books, personal letters, various documents and objects of Cabral's personal library. As results, the reader profile of Mário Cabral was revealed and his direct relation with the intellectual production of this author. His reading of predominantly Brazilian novels and poetry is reflected in his own production of quality, while at the same time covering the analytical aspects of his critical reading, directly influencing the production of other authors, his contemporaries, as well as the performance of editors. Thus, the research establishes the relationship between habits and readers' tastes of Mário Cabral with his trajectory of communicator, author, speaker and literary critic.