Banca de DEFESA: WALLESSY MARCOS GONÇALVES FARIA

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STUDENT : WALLESSY MARCOS GONÇALVES FARIA
DATE: 31/08/2026
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: VIRTUAL
TITLE:

MY SAMBA IS A MANIFESTO: Reading Samba School Plots as Builders of a New National Memory

 

KEY WORDS:

Samba schools; Theme; Memory; Social imaginaries; Carnival.

PAGES: 192
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUMMARY:

This dissertation investigates the themes (enredos) of Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools as constructors of a new national memory, viewing them as narratives capable of challenging crystallized versions of history and expanding social imaginaries regarding Brazilian identity. The research is grounded in memory, cultural, and language studies and adopts a qualitative approach, characterized by bibliographic and analytical methods. The corpus consists of the parades Rosa Maria Egipcíaca by Unidos do Viradouro (2023) and Um Defeito de Cor by Portela (2024), analyzed through their various narrative, visual, and performative elements. The analysis demonstrates that samba school themes transcend the realm of entertainment, establishing themselves as spaces for knowledge production, historical elaboration, and the construction of social imaginaries by repositioning historically silenced subjects at the center of the narrative. In this sense, samba schools assert themselves as significant agents of memory production, capable of contesting historical narratives and contributing to the construction of a new national memory.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - CLÁUDIA CRISTINA MAIA
Presidente - LUIZ CARLOS GONCALVES LOPES
Interno - LUIZ HENRIQUE SILVA DE OLIVEIRA
Externo à Instituição - MARCOS ANTÔNIO ALEXANDRE