The Autobiographic (De)/(Re)Composition of the Body in the Poetry of Começo, by Nathalie Quintane

Authors

  • Lívia Ribeiro Bertges Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Vinicius Carvalho Pereira Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.28.1.147-161

Keywords:

body, autobiography, Nathalie Quintane

Abstract

This paper presents a reading of the texts that make up the “Começo” series in the work Começo, by Nathalie Quintane, which is halfway between autobiography and poetry. We herein aim to understand how the arrangement, disarrangement and rearrangement of the human body is structured in the book as a poetic anatomy of the self. In this process, two main issues come forth: the erotic and the abject as instances where the I recognizes and challenges itself as body and language. We have, thus, chosen as theoretical pillars to support our analysis: the concepts of autobiographical pact, by Lejeune (2014); eroticism and writing, by Barthes (1987); and abjection and meaning, by Kristeva (1982). Finally, as both autobiography and poetry, Começo simultaneously proposes a journey where the first person is formed and deformed in controversial paths that meet in Quintane’s text.

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Author Biographies

Lívia Ribeiro Bertges, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Doutoranda em Estudos Literários no Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos de Linguagem (PPGEL/UFMT) da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), com estágio doutoral na Université Paris-Sorbonne (PARIS IV). Mestra em Estudos Literários no Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos de Linguagem (PPGEL/UFMT). Mestra em Langues et Cultures Etrangères parcours Littérature Lusophone pela Université Stendhal (GRENOBLE III). 
 

Vinicius Carvalho Pereira, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Doutor em Ciência da Literatura pela UFRJ. Professor do Instituto de Linguagens da UFMT. Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Linguagem da UFMT.

   

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Published

2018-04-27

How to Cite

Bertges, L. R., & Pereira, V. C. (2018). The Autobiographic (De)/(Re)Composition of the Body in the Poetry of Começo, by Nathalie Quintane. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 28(1), 147–161. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.28.1.147-161

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 1 (2018): A Questão dos Gêneros Literários na Modernidade

Section

Dossiê – A Questão dos Gêneros Literários na Modernidade

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