A “GOTA D’ÁGUA” DE MEDEIA: UMA ANÁLISE DA REINTERPRETAÇÃO CONTEMPORÂNEA DO MITO POR MEIO DE CHICO BUARQUE E PAULO PONTES

Abstract

Myth, as a fundamental way of sharing knowledge and understanding human relationships, played a central role in ancient societies, providing explanations for natural phenomena, origins and human behaviors. On the other hand, literature, when emerging as a form of art and expression, brought with it the ability to create fictional worlds, explore the complexity of human emotions and question established truths. Both ways of recognizing the world cannot be seen as lies or truth, but rather as points of view belonging to their own time. In this sense, it will be analyzed the literary work “Gota d'água” (1975), by Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes, a contemporary reinterpretation of the myth of Medea, a character from the Greek tragedy written by Euripides, in order to demonstrate how the myth remains relevant and capable of being adapted to different contexts and times – highlighting the timelessness and universality of its themes –, and how it, through literature, enables a new perspective on history, exploring, in the play under study, social and political issues pertinent to the Brazilian reality.