The persistence of Stela do Patrocínio's poetic voice: between orality and writing

Abstract

The present study aims to present a view on Stela do Patrocínio's oeuvre Reino dos bichos e dos animais é o meu nome [Kingdom of beasts and animals is my name] (DO PATROCÍNIO, 2001), a work that was poetically produced orally by Stela do Patrocínio and transcribed by Viviane Mosé. In our research, we consider that there is a living poetic voice in poems, and our first interest was to discuss how it moves from orality to the writing form. For this purpose, we analyzed Stela do Patrocínio's poetics from two approaches. On the one hand, our interest was centered on the way in which how the question of authorship is refracted, when transposing poetics to written poetry. On the other hand, we turn to the reader's relationship with this poetic voice, understanding the two in their bodily dimensions, taking in account their places in space. For that, we used the theoretical propositions mainly by Foucault (2002, 2009), Gumbrecht (2010) and Zumthor (2014). Amid the debate, the poetic voice is evident in the verses, since, when making a critical reading of these, it is also necessary that they be vocalized. Finally, through the theoretical and critical path, we believe that, transposed to writing, the poetic voice of Stela do Patrocínio (2001) continues to pulse in the reader, in a dynamic where the tension changes, but the production of presence remains.