Nietzsche, Plato and the Power of the Duende: The Shamanic Roots of Poetry

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  • Marcel de Lima Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Autor/a

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.25.3.161-178

Palabras clave:

poetry, shamanism, Nietzsche, Plato, Duende

Resumen

This article deals with the shamanic roots of poetic achievement by way of analyzing the ancient Greek art-deities, namely Apollo and Dionysus, in their sharp opposition of artistic tendencies as they are presented by Friedrich Nietzsche in his reappraisal of Platonic considerations on artistic creation. This first analysis is soon followed by an interesting parallel to the Nietzschean force of the Dionysian that can be found in the equally mysterious power of the “Duende,” present in Federico García Lorca’s fusion of Surrealist concerns with his sense of native Andalusian culture, as a means to show the shamanic roots of poetic representation.

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2016-04-28

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Nietzsche, Plato and the Power of the Duende: The Shamanic Roots of Poetry. (2016). Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 25(3), 161-178. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.25.3.161-178