As ‘Vanguardas Futuristas’ Brasileiras: O Embate Literário nos Periódicos dos Anos de 1920

Abstract

This article aims to study the relationship established between the magazines of the early 20th century and the Brazilian Modernist Movement. The objective of the work is to demonstrate how the newspaper, as a democratic vehicle and public space, contributed to the spread of the movement and its subsequent edification the Brazilian cultural scene. The guiding hypothesis of the work is to state that the controversial and conflicting aspect of the news that circulated in the press, even before the conclusion of the Modern Art Week, should be considered as an instrument of this propagation. To this end, the contents of certain news and literary criticisms from different periodicals, which preced the event of the Week Modern Art, will be analyzed, emphasizing in the discussion the relationship established between the publications and their respective responses.