The obsolescence of cordel literature: aspects of writing and orality

Abstract

This text aims to discuss the importance of cordel literature as an archaic cultural element present in contemporary Brazilian culture. As an integral part of the Northeastern culture, it tends to establish a close relationship with its people, but it runs up against the unfeasibility of its production at the present time. The growth of the level of interest about cordel literature in different areas of academic studies results from the need to compare founding elements of Northeastern culture with the process of globalization that encompasses archaic and modern aspects from the same flow.