El Canto La Voz del Pueblo Como el Arma de la Reivindicacion en el Misticismo Telurico de Canto General

Sylvia Beato

Date of Award

2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Portugal, Jose Alberto

Keywords

Canto General, Neruda, Pablo, Latin America, Chile, Latin American Poetry, Latin American Literature

Area of Concentration

Literature

Abstract

English Abstract: This thesis will attempt to explore the dual representation of America as a maternal and sacred feminine figure. By the nature of their reciprocal relationship, the American people acquire a similar dual representation of the continent�s children and devotees. In the work, they are projected as a chorus of voices that use poetry as the vehicle through which they worship the material and spiritual world of their land. The idea of the material (or the concrete) and the idea of the spiritual (or the mystic) will reach an equivalent value through the course of our reading. In addition, the poems usually feature a single speaker, not unlike that of many works of fiction, which modulates into various perspectives. In our case, the speaker modulates into three different perspectives, which we will refer to as the epic speaker, the poetic voice and the figures of the "other". These three manifestations exchange the position of announcer throughout the work in order to form a single euphonic body re resenting the American people. Using poetry as a weapon that fuels their song, the people take on the ethical-ideological responsibility to fight against their oppressors and vindicate the past, the present and the future of their mother/goddess land. Spanish Abstract: Esta tesis intenta investigar la doble representaci�n de Am�rica como una figura femenina materna y sagrada. Por el hecho de su relaci�n reciprocada, el pueblo americano adquiere una representaci�n parecida como los siervos y los hijos del continente. A lo largo de la obra, esta comunidad americana se manifiesta como un coro de voces que utiliza el veh�culo de la poes�a para alabar el mundo material yespiritual de su tierra. Veremos c�mo la idea de lo material (o lo concreto) y la idea de lo espiritual (o lo m�stico) adquiere el mismo valor a lo largo de nuestra lectura. Adem�s, los poemas tienden a destacar un solo hablante, igual a muchas obras narrativas, que se modula para ocupar varias perspectivas. En este caso, el hablante se modula para ocupar tres facetas distintas a las que nosotros vamos a llamar el hablante �pico, la voz po�tica y las figuras del "otro". Estas tres modulaciones intercambian la posici�n de "locutor" a lo largo de la obra hasta formar la representaci�n de un solo cuerpo euf�nico del pueblo americano. Utilizando el arma de la poes�a a trav�s del canto, el pueblo adquiere la responsabilidad �ticaideol�gica de luchar contra sus opresores para reivindicar el pasado, el presente y el futuro de su patria madre/dehesa.

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