Poets of the 20th century

30 Novembro 2017, 10:00 • Helena Carvalhão Buescu

Reading and discussion of "The Complete Poetry of Marianne Moore" by José Tolentino Mendonça; "We Will Rise" and "25th April 1974" by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen; "Green God", "Urgently" and "Words" by Eugénio de Andrade.

Main topics: transcendence and the collecting of things "chaotically listed" (Mendonça); hope against repression and fear (Andresen); a rewriting of a lyrical poem (pastoral tradition) by Camões, language and words always involved in a dual activity, between writing and reading, and as our only way of access to reality (Andrade).