Manoel de Barros - Landscape and language

Abstract

In this reading of the Manoel de Barros’ work, where the landscape of the Mato Grosso marshland stands out, we will try to identify the relation that exists in his work, and his apprehension of this landscape by a new combination of words and figures of language. in an attempt not only to represent the inner lyrical subject, but which perceives it, at last, to pour into the landscape; “become liquid” in a poetic work that is more the fixation of a new image that the poet sees than properly a description of this landscape. We will especially emphasize the dialogue of his texts with the words, seeking to know some resources used by the author in his poetic making, in which objects and creeping beings around "animate themselves." The poet slides over the words, like the slugs on their liquid that, when they move, leave behind part of that liquid, thus reducing the friction where they pass. So does the poet Manoel de Barros: he transforms the everyday universe into words, the commonplace in poetry and in this spread, quiet of tribulations; spreads and projects himself as lyrical subjectivity.