What does Alberto Caeiro see?
This essay departs from the fortieth poem of The Sheepkeeper to dwell on a controversial understanding of the being of things in Alberto Caeiro’s vision: things observed in the master’s innocent gaze could be translated into an objectivity constituted by physical perceivable qualities, such as color...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brown University
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Pessoa Plural |
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| Online Access: | https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:hr54y5zj/PDF/ |
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| Summary: | This essay departs from the fortieth poem of The Sheepkeeper to dwell on a controversial understanding of the being of things in Alberto Caeiro’s vision: things observed in the master’s innocent gaze could be translated into an objectivity constituted by physical perceivable qualities, such as color, scent, and movement, which contrasts with the metaphysical gesture of separation suggested in the fortieth poem of The Sheepkeeper. Color, scent, and movement are removed from the entity of a butterfly and flower; the butterfly is evacuated and collapsed, transformed in to illusory ruins of structure of the agglutination of concepts intertwined with the petrification of thoughts and time. The metaphorical potential of language unlocked by Caeiro helps to illuminate the interplay of language, understanding, and mentality. This essay sheds light on some quintessential aspects of Alberto Caeiro’s vision: the disintegration of the entity and the collapse of the concept, newness born out of no thoughts, and the kaleidoscope of metaphorical language. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-4179 |