Poética de Mario Quintana: uma teoria recortada a partir do Caderno H

Abstract

Critics and poets from ancient to contemporary times have formulated theories about the poetic literary phenomenon, in order to understand it better and improve it. Mario Quintana is not one of them. The poet, from the south of Brazil, disagrees on every kind of circumscription and definition for the poetry: he left no studies, articles or treatises about poetry. On the other hand, as many contemporary poets, Quintana deals with the poetic phenomenon throughout his composition. The objective of this research is to set up a Quintana´s poetic theory over his texts from Caderno H, a remarkable book, which presents several factors to think about poetry. It´s possible to configure this theory through the comparison of these texts with founding texts of philosophers, critics and poets, selected for their contribution in that regard.