“He sits at the table and writes”: commitment and subjectivity in Juan Gelman’s poetry

Against the usual association of poetry to the expression of a certain subjectivity, twentieth century’s poetry has passed through a process of depersonalization, especially in the so-called "committed poetry”. From the case of the Argentine poet Juan Gelman (1930-2014), we aimed at investigati...

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Autor: Diniz, Lucas Feitosa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Repositorio:Revista Investigações (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/265630
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/INV/article/view/265630
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:poesia engajada
poesia latino-americana
Juan Gelman
commited poetry
latin america poetry
poesía engajada
poesía latinoamericana
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Sumario:Against the usual association of poetry to the expression of a certain subjectivity, twentieth century’s poetry has passed through a process of depersonalization, especially in the so-called "committed poetry”. From the case of the Argentine poet Juan Gelman (1930-2014), we aimed at investigating as said poetry, anti-lyric by its very definition, becomes more committed the less that commitment appears on the text and the more subjective the text is – an apparent paradox made possible through the dialectic movement between text and society.