The Untranslatable Murmur of Things: Profanity and Testimony (Notes on the Poetry of Antónia Franco Alexandre and Francis Ponge)

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2023.29.2

Keywords:

Alexandre, António Franco (1944), Non-Human, Object, Ponge, Francis (1899-1988), Posthumanism

Abstract

This article aims to attempt a preliminary comparison between the poetry of António Franco Alexandre (Portugal, 1944) and of the French poet Francis Ponge (1899-1988). Having already established the tutelary presence of some literary figures (Ovid, Camões, Fernando Pessoa) in the work of Franco Alexandre, this article wishes to prompt a first dialogue between the Portuguese Poet and the author of Le Parti Pris des Choses (1942). Embracing a posthumanist standpoint centred on non-human beings, we will seek to consider the ways in which the celebration of the object, crucial to Ponge’s poetics, proves to be fruitful, and hopefully sheds light upon Franco Alexandre’s poetry.

Downloads

Published

2023-07-26

How to Cite

Gil Soeiro, R. (2023). The Untranslatable Murmur of Things: Profanity and Testimony (Notes on the Poetry of Antónia Franco Alexandre and Francis Ponge). 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (29), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2023.29.2

Issue

No. 29 (2023): Escritura, crítica y crisis climática: el trabajo académico en la era de la extinción

Section

Monograph

License

All contents published in the journal are protected under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license. This corresponds to legislation within Spain, and does not allow commercial use of the texts. It is not possible to modify the contents either.

General information.


Comparative Literature magazine 452ºF [ISSN 2013-3294] is a publishing project coordinated by Asociación Cultural 452ºF, and developed by its Editorial board.



Access to the Contents and Copyright.


All contents published in the journal are protected under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license. This corresponds to legislation within Spain, and does not allow commercial use of the texts. It is not possible to modify the contents either.


Every person has free access to the contents of the journal as long as they understand and assume that no profit is to be made on other people’s work.


In all cases, the original source name of the online journal and the article must be mentioned when used for any purposes.


Basic Conditions of all Call for Papers.

  • 1. The author accepts that sending the paper:

    • a. Does not guarantee the publication of it.
    • b. Is done in accordance to the style-sheet of the magazine and the requirements of the specific call for papers.
    • c. Implies the non-exclusive transferring of the first publication rights of the paper, as long as it is selected to be published in the journal, to theAsociación Cultural 452ºF, under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license.
  • 2. The journal 452ºF, in due respect to moral rights of a copyright, guarantees that:

    • a. All papers will be evaluated according to the procedure already mentioned.
    • b. All authors will receive either a positive or negative answer to their sending a paper for publication.
    • c. All papers will be published unabridged. The journal might make changes in the typographical disposition according to the needs.
    • d. All papers will be published under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license.