TERUKO ODA IN “A CANÇÃO DA TERRA NATAL”: A NARRATIVE OF MEMORIES AND HAIKU MAKING

Abstract

This article discusses how haiku, a poetic form from such a distant country, was inserted in Brazilian literature. Assuming that haiku has its origins in Brazil through Japanese immigrants, I introduce Teruko oda, a daughter-to-immigrant writers who had a close relationship with Masuda Goga. The writing of Oda’s haiku has influences even in schools, since it’s one of the books selected to be on PNLD / SP. The haiku writer keeps in her haiku the traditional Japanese aesthetics. Therefore, consolidates herself as one of the most influential writers of the genre today. In his most intimate work, “Waga furusato no uta: canção da terra natal” details about her life and trajectory in the world of haiku through "self-writing," a term originating from Foucault, which is a type of literature very recurring on today’s world.