Modernidade e espaço urbano em Os signos e as siglas, de H. Dobal

Abstract

Man becomes strongly influenced by the surrounding metropolitan environment, being able to assimilate feelings, impressions or attribute to the urban landscape one of the causes of the inner discomfort, before the mutations of the city space. Thus, the objective of this research is to analyze the way in which urban space is re-signified in H. Dobal's The Signs and Acronyms (2005): inferring how the city is perceived by the lyrical self from intrapoetic resources. Therefore, we discuss how the impacts of modernity in the work under study can concretize the relationship between subject, city and modernity to discuss the consequences in urban space and in city life. For that, the foundation will be on theories that deal with the relationship between city and modernity, such as Bueno (2000), Rossi (2001) and Simmel (2009). We argue about the modern experience that can interfere in human relations, as well as analyzes about their impacts on society, according to Bauman (1999), Coelho (2005) and Berman (2014). The work Signs and acronyms (2005) reveals a criticism that is based on the condemnation of the city's experience, in the face of the impasses of modernity, which gives man sensations of decline and frustration in solving crises, as well as the fragmentation of his identity and the impoverishment of experiences and affectivities.