"O poço", de Mário de Andrade: na beira do moderno e da tradição, do cosmopolita e do regional

Abstract

This paper aims at analyzing the literary writing process of Mário de Andrade. To that end, it scrutinizes a descriptive passage about a small house in the short story “O poço” from the book Contos Novos, and its correspondence with the personality development of one of the characters. This study also examines the meaning of changes and deformities designed by the author when, seeking to represent, he transposes the material of empirical sources to the fictional text.