Wreckage Song: Walter Benjamin and the Contemporary Brazilian Poetry

Authors

  • Gustavo Silveira Ribeiro Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.29.2.119-136

Keywords:

Walter Benjamin, contemporary Brazilian poetry, history, violence, politics

Abstract

Analysis of contemporary Brazilian poems that present a multifaceted image and a thinking figure that current appear in the work of the German philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin. The “Angel of History”, presented by Benjamin in his well famous “On the Concept of History” (1940) will appear, in different ways and with distinct meanings, in contemporary poems written by Haroldo de Campos, Carlito Azevedo and Guilherme Gontijo Flores. These poems usually question the meaning of time and present a strong political discussion.

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Author Biography

Gustavo Silveira Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Professor Adjunto de Literatura Brasileira da UFMG.

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Published

2019-06-28

How to Cite

Ribeiro, G. S. (2019). Wreckage Song: Walter Benjamin and the Contemporary Brazilian Poetry. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 29(2), 119–136. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.29.2.119-136

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 2 (2019): Literatura Norte-Americana Contemporânea: Visões e Revisões

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Varia

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