Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:07:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoseLF.pdf: 692199 bytes, checksum: 4063039a09869723d1dbfcee313fb02f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-23 / The present work makes some comments on the scattered productions of Gilberto Freyre and Lu?s da C?mara Cascudo, in the period which includes the early years of their intellectual performance, the second decade of the twentieth century. The corpus of the research is delimited on the texts published by Gilberto Freyre, from 1918 to 1926, which were gathered in the book Tempo de aprendiz (1979), and from the ones published by C?mara Cascudo in Natal local newpapers, such as A Imprensa and A Rep?blica, in 1924, 1927, 1928 and 1929. Concerning C?mara Cascudo s texts, the delimitations of these years is due to they had a relevant importance for the literary and cultural history of Rio Grande do Norte. The included discussions in these writers texts mainly happen around the modernist and regionalist ideas that happened restrictively in the Northeast region of Brazil, and are based on the relationships between literature and culture. Thus, the set of collaborations of both writers is useful as a sample of the intellectual thinking of the mentioned region. Besides, it is representative in the way the cultural debate got along in the country, which in turn, demanded the inclusion of the local realities in order to follow the renewing process of the worldwide thinking, and as matter of fact, arrange a new process in the Brazilian literary tradition. In this way, the study goals to set the positions taken by the two writers faced to the new challenges that the Brazilian reality of that moment was imposed on. The theoretical basis of this work is focused on the accumulated studies about the Brazilians modernism, regionalism and literature, pointing out the Candido s texts, (2006, 2004, 2002, 1995, 1993 and 1989), Schwarz s (1999, 1997a and 1997b), Perrone- Moys?s s (2007), Pallares-Burque s (2005), Azevedo s(1996), D Andrea s (1992), Ara?jo s (2006, 1998, 1997 and 1995), among other authors. Therefore, It is relevant the participation of both writers in that moment which highlights the renewing of the national thinking and the formation of the Brazilian cultural modernity, even the positions taken by them reveal, at times, different views concerning literature and tradition without being disagreeing, however / Este trabalho faz uma leitura da produ??o esparsa de Gilberto Freyre e Lu?s da C?mara Cascudo, no per?odo que compreende os anos iniciais da atua??o intelectual dos dois escritores, a segunda d?cada do s?culo XX. O corpus da pesquisa est? delimitado em torno dos textos publicados por Gilberto Freyre, no per?odo de 1918 a 1926, que foram reunidos na obra Tempo de aprendiz (1979), e dos textos publicados por C?mara Cascudo nos jornais natalenses, A Imprensa e a Rep?blica, nos anos de 1924, 1927, 1928 e 1929. No tocante aos textos de C?mara Cascudo, a delimita??o desses anos se d? pelo fato deles terem representa??o significativa para a hist?ria cultura e liter?ria do Rio Grande do Norte. As discuss?es contidas nos textos desses dois escritores se d?o, principalmente, em torno das id?ias modernistas e regionalistas acontecidas no espa?o circunscrito ? regi?o Nordeste e tem por base as rela??es entre a literatura e a cultura. Assim, o conjunto das colabora??es dos dois escritores serve como amostra do pensamento intelectual da regi?o. Al?m disso, ? representativo da forma como se deu o debate cultural no pa?s, o qual, por sua vez, exigia a incorpora??o das realidades locais com vistas a acertar o passo com o processo de renova??o do pensamento mundial e, desse modo, configurar um novo processo na tradi??o liter?ria brasileira. Sendo assim, o estudo objetiva estabelecer as posi??es assumidas pelos dois escritores frente aos novos desafios que se impunham ? realidade brasileira daquele momento. A fundamenta??o te?rica do trabalho est? centrada nos estudos acumulados sobre o modernismo, regionalismo e literatura brasileira, destacando os textos de Candido (2006, 2004, 2002, 1995, 1993 e 1989), Schwarz (1999, 1997a e 1997b), Perrone-Moys?s (2007), Pallares-Burque (2005), Azevedo (1996), D Andrea (1992), Ara?jo (2006, 1998, 1997 e 1995), dentre outros. ? significativa, portanto, a participa??o dos dois escritores naquele momento que marca a renova??o do pensamento nacional e a forma??o da modernidade cultural brasileira, mesmo que as posi??es assumidas por ambos revelem, por vezes, posturas diferentes em rela??o ? literatura e ? tradi??o sem, contudo, serem divergentes