Memória e criação em Manoel de Barros

Abstract

This article aims to present a critical reading of memory fictionalization in the poetry of Manoel de Barros, focusing on a poem that integrates the third part of O livro das ignorãças, a book published in 1993. Among theresources used by the poet in the composition of the universe of singular language that characterizes his work, we highlight the remembrance as a means of elaborating a poetic character, as well as a natural space that promotes the lyrical reinvention of the Pantanal. Manoel de Barros uses the memory of situations lived by him, especially in the period of childhood, as matter of poetry, taking what is preserved in mind as material for the construction of a fictional reality. Furthermore, the poet emphasizes childhood as a source, a primordial time to be reached again by the construction of poetry. Linking this material to metalinguistic reflection, Manoel de Barros builds a language that points to itself, a language that is responsible for revealing and defending a poetic signature.