“Most of all, to polenta I will be aware”: notes on the work of the cockayne writer Joanim Pepperoni, PhD

Abstract

This paper aims to systematize and discuss the writing technique and the main themes present in the literary production of Joanim Pepperoni, PhD, pseudonym of a writer who resides in Serra Gaúcha. The approach initially focuses on the writer's medieval myth recreation about The Land of Cockaygne and its updating to the cultural context of the italian immigration region in Rio Grande do Sul; then, the paper approaches parody as the preferred writing technique by the author to criticize local and national behaviors and institutions; and, finally, it deals with the detrimental look at the cockayne bard on the literary system in which it is situated.