Manoel de Barros, ecopoet by nature

Authors

  • Victor André Pinheiro Cantuário UNIFAP – Universidade Federal do Amapá. Curso de Licenciatura em Pedagogia, Campus Santana – Departamento de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas – AP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1706-1016

Keywords:

Manoel de Barros, Ecopoetry, Contemporary Brazilian Poetry, Ecocriticism

Abstract

This article presents and discusses Manoel de Barros as an ecopoet, considering what is said by J. Scott Bryson (2002), John Bennett (2004), Ann Fisher- Wirth and Laura-Gray Street (2013) about poetry and nature; Cheryll Glotfelty (1996) and Greg Garrard (2004) about ecocriticism, Malcolm K. McNee’s (2014) considerations on Barros’ poetry, the first one to write directly about the pantaneiro’s work as ecopoetry, as well as Rosidelma Pereira Fraga (2014) about Barros’ critical fortune, trying to build a biographical portrait and stylistic perception, observing his poetical language, the themes addressed by him, properly equated with ecopoetry characteristics and elements.

Author Biography

Victor André Pinheiro Cantuário, UNIFAP – Universidade Federal do Amapá. Curso de Licenciatura em Pedagogia, Campus Santana – Departamento de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas – AP

Professor da Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP), Curso de Licenciatura em Pedagogia, Campus Santana.

Doutorando do Programa de Estudos Literários da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP).

Published

06/03/2020

Issue

Section

From the point of view of the forest