Reflections on the presence of oral poetics among us

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https://doi.org/10.5433/boitata.2014v9.e31752

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Oral poetic traditions, Poetic form, Dialog between cultures

Abstract

This paper offers some reflections on the possibility of a dialog between African and NativeAmerican oral poetics and Western poetics within Brazilian literary scenery. From the notion that Brazilian culture, and therefore its literature, is an extension of European culture, with no possible solid contributions from Native-American and African elements, the text argues, based on works by authors such as Segismundo Spina, Ruth Finnegan, Jerome Rothenberg and Antonio Risério, that a dialog with oral poetic traditions, in particular those found in Brazil, is possible and desirable. Some theories about the supposedly primitive character of the cultures from which these poetics have sprung and some of their aesthetic characteristics are discussed, proposing that, as distinct as they are, oral and written poetic traditions share some common features that can be brought together.

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Author Biography

Adriano Moraes Migliavacca, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

PhD student in Modern Foreign Literature at the same university

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Published

2014-10-30

How to Cite

Migliavacca, A. M. (2014). Reflections on the presence of oral poetics among us. Boitatá, 9(18), 313–329. https://doi.org/10.5433/boitata.2014v9.e31752

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