Comments on: Poesía Política: José Martí http://paredolia.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/poesia-politica-jose-marti/ Latin American Poems, Politics and Perspectives from the Great White North Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:42:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jason Berger http://paredolia.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/poesia-politica-jose-marti/#comment-88 Jason Berger Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:04:35 +0000 http://paredolia.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-88 I will be travelling to Cuba on Saturday on a humanitarian mission. I will be meeting at a formal dinner with some of our Cuban friends and I would like to offer to recite a short excerpt of a Jose Marti poem for them (in Spanish). I didn't want to do Guantanamera, as it is so well known. Can you recommend or provide an excerpt of another poem that is written about Cuba (or related)? I would be in your debt. I will be travelling to Cuba on Saturday on a humanitarian mission. I will be meeting at a formal dinner with some of our Cuban friends and I would like to offer to recite a short excerpt of a Jose Marti poem for them (in Spanish). I didn’t want to do Guantanamera, as it is so well known. Can you recommend or provide an excerpt of another poem that is written about Cuba (or related)? I would be in your debt.

]]> By: Jon http://paredolia.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/poesia-politica-jose-marti/#comment-69 Jon Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:01:16 +0000 http://paredolia.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-69 "in many ways the historical process in Latin America is powered by lyricism: by mythic and affective ideas of nationalism and the formation, structuring and evolution of society." This is an interesting idea, but at some point you'll have to define what you mean by "lyricism," and how it relates to the "mythic" and the "affective." "The relationship between poets as political figures, poetry as a political act (primarily in the form of protest poems or testimonial poems) and the larger function of the lyrical within the schematic structure of ideology is what interests me." This is nice and clear. (And a good basis for a grant proposal...) NB it might be good from now on to separate out posts that deal with your project in general with those that deal with the specific texts. (Obviously, however, the two will bleed into each other somewhat.) This would leave you more space both to offer something like a close reading of the poetry, and to sketch out some ideas as to how the various books fit together, and what elements you will wish to focus on in the future. “in many ways the historical process in Latin America is powered by lyricism: by mythic and affective ideas of nationalism and the formation, structuring and evolution of society.”

This is an interesting idea, but at some point you’ll have to define what you mean by “lyricism,” and how it relates to the “mythic” and the “affective.”

“The relationship between poets as political figures, poetry as a political act (primarily in the form of protest poems or testimonial poems) and the larger function of the lyrical within the schematic structure of ideology is what interests me.”

This is nice and clear. (And a good basis for a grant proposal…)

NB it might be good from now on to separate out posts that deal with your project in general with those that deal with the specific texts. (Obviously, however, the two will bleed into each other somewhat.) This would leave you more space both to offer something like a close reading of the poetry, and to sketch out some ideas as to how the various books fit together, and what elements you will wish to focus on in the future.

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