Panorama of Carlos Drummond de Andrade’s Critical Activity

Abstract

Carlos Drummond de Andrade, from a young age, crafted reviews, commentaries, and brief essays, as well as other hybrid textual forms, through which he discussed, with ingenuity and discernment, various literary genres –both national and foreign– alongside other artistic productions. This article aims to analyze Drummond’s critical output, unpublished in book form but widely disseminated in Brazilian newspapers, magazines, and periodicals throughout the 20th century. It is based on the premise that, in his long literary and intellectual trajectory, through his writings about other texts, Drummond developed a powerful critical framework whose scope extends beyond the field of literary studies, establishing him as an interpreter of modern Brazil.