Uma didática da invenção: re-envisioning the material world in the poetry of Manoel de Barros.

Smith, David Peter Woodhead (2016) Uma didática da invenção: re-envisioning the material world in the poetry of Manoel de Barros. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.

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Abstract

The poetry of Manoel de Barros has often been characterized as part of a regional canon. This characterization belies its importance not only within the confines of the Brazilian canon, but as a contribution to C20 literature in general. Barros's poetry explores themes which are crucially important to navigating our existence in the modern world, and this thesis focuses on his engagement with the natural and material world. Drawing on theories from post-modern critical thinking and eco-criticism, I demonstrate how Barros's poetry can not only be read in the light of these critical idioms, but frequently expands upon or confounds them, revealing poetry as a form of modern critique - and indeed perhaps the most pertinent and incisive form of critique available to us when dealing with questions of materiality, reality and the natural world.

Item Type: Thesis (University of Nottingham only) (PhD)
Supervisors: McGuirk, Bernard
Vidal Bouzon, Álvaro J.
Keywords: Poetry, Poetics, Ecology, Ecocriticism, Modernism, Post-Modernism, Brazilian Poetry, Modern Art, Post-Modern Art, Childhood, Materiality
Subjects: P Language and literature > PQ Romance literatures > PQ9000 Portuguese literature
Faculties/Schools: UK Campuses > Faculty of Arts > School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
Item ID: 33196
Depositing User: Smith, David
Date Deposited: 20 Jul 2016 06:40
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2023 04:30
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/33196

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