Author : Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Rediscovering the Language of the Tribe in Modern Venezulan Poetry by : Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols
Download or read book Rediscovering the Language of the Tribe in Modern Venezulan Poetry written by Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the work of two revolutionary modern poet groups, Trafico and Guaire. The poets of these groups, heady with the success of one of Latin America's oldest democracies, and reared in the optimistic climate of the petroleum boom, felt sure of their ability to defy their poetic predessors be revitalising poetry with a populist infusion of everyday images and colloquial language. Using a cultural studies approach, this work examines the historical and cultural context of the poetic revolution they achieved, and discusses specific texts by many of the members, including Armando Rojas Guardia, Yolanda Pantin, Rafael Castill Zapata, Igor Barreto, Miguel Marquez and Rafael Arraiz Lucca. Textual analysis and consideration of cultural influences show how the main temes of the poets' work: everyday life, alienation, love and self-reflective metapoetry reflect the specific modern, urban enviroment of Caracas in the early 1980s.