Tree: ecology in print and digital literature – a comparison between Rui Torres and Adélia Prado

Abstract

The objective of the following article is to compare the printed and digital literature, from the poems “Árvore”, by Rui Torres, and the poem “Anímico”, from the work Bagagem (1976), by Adélia Prado. The article is theoretically supported by Octávio Paz, in O Arco e a Lira (2012); N. Katherine Hayles, in Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary (2009); Rui Torres, in Portuguese Experimental Poetry: Notebook and Catalogs Theoretical framework and critical context of PO. EX (2004); Daniele Cortês Maduro, in Cadaver queer, reader, cyborg and magnetic inscription: three views of the electronic text (2012); Umberto Eco, in Far beyond the Internet (2003); Jorge Luiz Antonio, in Tecno-Arte-Poetry in Brazil (2011). In the article, what poetry is according to Octávio Paz's Arco and Lira will be defined, then digital and printed literature will be differentiated, emphasizing the poetry genre. In the third part, the similar characteristics between the poems chosen to exemplify the discussion will be highlighted. As an expected result, we seek to contribute to research in the academic world about digital literature, the concept of poetry and studies aimed at poetry by Adélia Prado and Rui Torres.