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Subversive Ambiguity in the Poetry of Delmira Agustini, Alfonsina Storni, and Giovanna Pollarolo
Sara Villa
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2014.02.004
The New School, New York, USA
This paper analyzes the poetry of Delmira Agustini, Alfonsina Storni, and Giovanna Pollarolo, three Latin American poets who collectively spanned the arc of the 20th century, in order to demonstrate that they were all acting to subvert certain stereotypical notions propagated by society and by canonical literature. While Agustini used a parodic discourse to deconstruct the sacrality of masculinity, Storni employed parody and excessive, calculated use of quotes from canonical male authors to subvert the traditional images and roles assigned to women. Parody, hyperbolic images, and ambiguity will be analyzed here as the major literary means used by these two poets to criticize the deep-rooted, gendered discourse of their times. Pollarolo’s poetry, as well as that of Storni, will be analyzed as “minor” literature, as described in the theories of Deleuze and Guattari.
subversive poetry, parody, hypebole, canonic discourse, deconstructive images, Latin America
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