Quando a palavra está ligada ao corpo e o corpo à palavra (um ensaio dramático)

Abstract

The aim of this work is, on one side, to approach the connection between body and language considering the outlook obtained from pieces of poetry, theater and performance art. On the other side, we suggest that the understanding of such relational space can point to similarities among these different fields of artistic creation, enabling us a new perception of the aesthetics of poetry. To achieve such goal, it was necessary to avoid the modern conceptions of the body as matter, a substance whose main attribute is extension and its possibilities of measurement, and the language as a tool of the mind, associated with conceptual and ideal thinking. On the contrary, we attempt to work with the hypothesis that body and language are if not necessarily at least constantly connected to each other, throughout the concepts of body-in-life and language as action and discourse. The analysis took in consideration an ensemble of contemporary works, from the poets Angélica Freitas and Marília Garcia, to the actress, writer and theater director Cristina Flores, through the North-American performer Laurie Anderson. We found it necessary to formulate a style of writing that entangled formal aspects from the essay and from the drama, in a sort of entangle of distinct voices, in a way that was possible to achieve the connection between the concepts brought to life during the research and the physical experience of elaborating the text