Name: MARCEL BUSSULAR MARTINUZZO

Publication date: 27/04/2020

Examining board:

Name	Role
NELSON MARTINELLI FILHO	Internal Alternate *
RAIMUNDO NONATO BARBOSA DE CARVALHO	Internal Examiner *
RENATA OLIVEIRA BOMFIM	External Examiner *
WILBERTH CLAYTHON FERREIRA SALGUEIRO	Internal Examiner *

Summary: This study investigates Capixaba poet Waldo Motta`s homo-erotic cosmovision, what it
consists of and how it unfolds. Based on a detailed and deep reading of Motta's work,
enlightened by literary scrutiny and theory, we intend to show the most important elements
that compose Motta’s “sacred eroticism”, which can be found in his early poems and have
been developed conceptually and aesthetically throughout the years. Using philosophy,
psychology and other theories, we verify how and with what motivation the writer articulates
symbols of various religious traditions in order to create, to his own image, new affective,
cultural, political and spiritual realities.
Keywords: eroticism, homosexuality, poetry, religion, Waldo Motta.

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