DIALOGUES BETWEEN/VERSESAND INTRA/IMAGES IN THE INVENTIONISM OF ACLYSE MATTOS
Aclyse Mattos. Poetry. Contemporary. Literature produced in Mato Grosso.
This research analyzes the poetic works of Aclyse Mattos, published up to the year 2024, namely: Assalto a mão amada: e outras histórias cantadas (1985); Papel Picado (1987); Quem muito olha a lua fica louco (2000); Festa (2012); Com por: poesias (2020). Distinct yet complementary phases in Mattos’ writing are identified, ranging from poetic experimentation influenced by avant-garde movements—particularly Intensivism, Concrete Poetry, and the Poema-Processo—to a more intimate phase that connects his work to the essence of cuiabania, projecting a sense of belonging onto Mato Grosso and its capital, Cuiabá. Subsequently, a phase emerges marked by the confluence of dialogues between tradition and modernity, ensuring the author's poetic maturity. To support the analyses, literary theory on lyric poetry and critical studies on literature produced in Mato Grosso are utilized. Scholars such as Alfredo Bosi (2015), Philadelpho Menezes (2001), Octavio Paz (2012), Isaac Ramos (2011), Haroldo de Campos (1987), among others, provide the basis for the analysis of poems, which exhibit post-avant-garde traits, including verbivocovisual elements. To structure the investigation of the author’s second phase of production and contextualize the literary scene of Mato Grosso, critics such as Olga Castrillon-Mendes (2020), Eduardo Mahon (2021), Mário Cezar Silva Leite (2005), and Cristina Campos (2014) are referenced. Additionally, researchers from related fields of literary studies, such as Heidegger (2006), Byung-Chul Han (2022), and Silva & Silva (1995), contributed to shaping this thesis.