Liquefeita, oceânica: a presença de elementos aquáticos na poesia de Zila Mamede

Abstract

In Zila Mamede's poetic work, the aquatic elements assume a thematic prominence that is sensibly perceptible, whether in the evocation of the sea or in the presence of rivers - droughts or in flood -, dams, rainfall, baths. In this sense, with this research, we aim at analyzing the representations built from the aquatic reference as a thematic mark in selected poems from the first three books of the aforementioned author. Therefore, the study was delimited in three texts that will represent the publications made throughout the 1950s – Rosa de pedra (1953), Salinas (1958) and O arado (1959). Thus, supported by Bachelard (1997), Chevalier and Gheerbrant (2003), we observe the possibilities of the presence of water in readings, as a thematic mark, in the selected corpus; with the support of Adorno (2012) and Candido (2006), we establish relationships between the poetic text and society, considering its production context and the echoes of these works; rescuing the statements of Bosi (1994) and Ricoeur (2007), we underline how memory is a sign constructed from the presence of aquatic elements; guided by Pinheiro (2012), Alves (2006; 2015) and Aquino (2005), we retrieved readings from the work of mamedia, to support our discussion and also expand their voices. The study of the selected poems enabled the perception that the aquatic constituents evoke childhood memories, marks the search for childhood memories, and act as symbols of purification.