As Únicas Coisas Nobres Que a Vida Contém
In Livro do Desassossego (The Book of Disquiet) we can read that "To see and to listen are the only noble things that life comprehends. All other senses are plebeian and carnal." What happens if in our approach to Pessoa we read this affirmation straightforwardly, replacing the visible wit...
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| Language: | English |
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Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
2013-07-01
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| Series: | MatLit : Materialidades da Literatura |
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| Online Access: | http://iduc.uc.pt/index.php/matlit/article/view/1637 |
| Summary: | In Livro do Desassossego (The Book of Disquiet) we can read that "To see and to listen are the only noble things that life comprehends. All other senses are plebeian and carnal." What happens if in our approach to Pessoa we read this affirmation straightforwardly, replacing the visible with the optic and the auditory with the acoustic? In other words, what if we read Pessoa´s subject not just as a body-without-organs constantly producing sensations, but instead as a non-body that requires media (and artifacts) as a prerequisite for its exteriorization? |
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| ISSN: | 2182-8830 2182-8830 |