O Tema Da Morte Na Poesia De CecíLia Meireles.

Author

• Regina Igel

Publication Date

9-26-1973

Abstract

Thi1s dissertation attempts to analyze the importance of death in the poetic works of the contemporary Brazilian poetess, Cecília Meireles. This study stresses the literary means she used in order to express her feelings about death and the attitudes she assumed in the face of death. Her poetry shows a deep concern with the end of lite; death is portrayed in her works as 1) a mystery which defies human intelligence, 2) pain experienced by those who have lost thei1:-loved ones, and 3) as a point of disintegration which has to be accepted with serenity.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

Portuguese

Degree Name

Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

First Committee Member (Chair)

Jack Edward Tomlins

Second Committee Member

William Holloway Roberts

Third Committee Member

Tamara Holzapfel

Recommended Citation

Igel, Regina. "O Tema Da Morte Na Poesia De CecíLia Meireles.." (1973). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/fll_etds/198