Abstract

DIAZ SAENZ, Said Leonardo. Poetization of anonymity in the city. La Palabra [online]. 2015, n.27, pp.189-200. ISSN 0121-8530.

The poetization of the city reveals a new human tragedy. The Colombian poets Luis Vidales, Rogelio Echavarría and Mario Rivero give lyrical testimony of anonymity and incommunication in cities which impose a code of mutism where human beings no longer speak to each other, establishing relations through distrust and estrangement. The city is the place where thousands of people live together but continue being alone. The capitalist city makes man objectify the other, and sets relationships on a pragmatic and individualist level, where the only concern is money, wealth and utility. For this reason pedestrians live de-humanized relationships, as they walk their paths in a constant hurry. The poet criticizes them, by capturing this new vertigo and de-personalized rhythm under a new style: collage.

Keywords : city; fragmentation; collage.

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