Uma análise social a partir da ação coletiva no romance ensaio sobre a cegueira de José Saramago e o Coral Harmus, grupo musical do Nordeste Braileiro
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2017-09-15
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Esta dissertação de mestrado aborda uma análise social comparativa a respeito de aspetos sociais relacionados com a ação coletiva no romance Ensaio sobre a cegueira do escritor português José Saramago e o Coral Harmus, grupo musical do nordeste brasileiro. Explana sobre a importância social da música na história da humanidade, faz o relato biográfico de José Saramago, o resumo interpretativo do romance Ensaio sobre a cegueira e um breve histórico do Coral Harmus, elementos que fundamentarão a análise abordada neste trabalho. A metodologia utilizada constitui-se numa investigação qualitativa, participante, com utilização de um grupo focal, entrevistas semiestruturadas e questionários. A partir de uma perspetiva de organização social que apresenta a prática de grupo como condição, o desfecho do romance e a atividade artística do Coral Harmus apontam para um mesmo direcionamento: a ação coletiva para o bem comum configura-se como investimento fundamental para a vida em sociedade. No romance, estar cego é não enxergar o outro. Perceber e celebrar a importância da existência do outro na vida em sociedade pode ir bem mais além que um concerto do Coral Harmus ou o Prêmio Nobel a Saramago, pode representar o contínuo da espécie humana.
This dissertation proposes a comparative analysis regarding social aspects related to collective action in the novel Blindness, written by Portuguese novelist José Saramago, and Harmus Choir, a musical group from northeastern Brazil. We approach the concept and characterization of choral singing, explaining its route in human history with a focus on the western world and in Brazil: from Carlos Gomes’s O Guarani to Villa-Lobos’s choral singing. There is a biographical account of José Saramago and an interpretative analysis of his novel from a sociological study, along with a discussion on the history of Harmus Choir, taking into account that the convergence of these elements will explain the research addressed in this work. The methodology consists in a qualitative and participative research, using focus group, testimonials, semi-structured interviews and questionnaire. From a perspective of social organization that presents group practice as a principle, the outcome of the novel and the artistic activity of Harmus Choir point to the same clarification: collective action directed for common good appears as a key investment to the general situation of people in a group. Understanding and celebrating the importance of the existence and the contribution of each individual in social life may lead well beyond a coral concert or a Nobel Prize to a remarkable writer: it may represent the awareness that collectivity is evidenced as a condition and not simply as a way of life in society.
This dissertation proposes a comparative analysis regarding social aspects related to collective action in the novel Blindness, written by Portuguese novelist José Saramago, and Harmus Choir, a musical group from northeastern Brazil. We approach the concept and characterization of choral singing, explaining its route in human history with a focus on the western world and in Brazil: from Carlos Gomes’s O Guarani to Villa-Lobos’s choral singing. There is a biographical account of José Saramago and an interpretative analysis of his novel from a sociological study, along with a discussion on the history of Harmus Choir, taking into account that the convergence of these elements will explain the research addressed in this work. The methodology consists in a qualitative and participative research, using focus group, testimonials, semi-structured interviews and questionnaire. From a perspective of social organization that presents group practice as a principle, the outcome of the novel and the artistic activity of Harmus Choir point to the same clarification: collective action directed for common good appears as a key investment to the general situation of people in a group. Understanding and celebrating the importance of the existence and the contribution of each individual in social life may lead well beyond a coral concert or a Nobel Prize to a remarkable writer: it may represent the awareness that collectivity is evidenced as a condition and not simply as a way of life in society.
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música , grupo Coral , Saramago , sociedade