Mário de Andrade and epistolary genre specificity: the outline of a theory

Abstract

The correspondence of writer Mario de Andrade was the most representative of the twentieth century, in his epistolary exercise. Rather, in his mediation between theory and practice, even in his
not very systematic manner, the author outlines a theory on the epistolary genre, discusses the specificity of the genre, its transit through the literary sphere and also advises the young Brazilian writers to step into the world of letters by the epistolary text. The Andrade’s design of the epistolary genre is part of a broader notion that understands the epistolary as a hybrid genre conducive to the outbreak of other literary
forms. It must therefore be practiced by all our writers and also thought as a genre of vital importance to understand the process of formation
of Brazilian literature.