José Watanabe, the writing of the body in space

Authors

  • Carlos Dimeo Universidad de Bielsko-Biala

Abstract

Most of José Watanabe’ poetry is surrounded by the subject of the body. The idea of corporeality is presented, on the one hand, in the theme of the evanescence of life that shows a dissolute, ethereal, or volatile body; and on the other, in the mirror opposed to itself, that is, the persistent existence of the body as present matter, as a reality that occurs in a time and in a visible space. Taking this as a starting point, we want to make a thematic review through the poetic work of the Peruvian author, marking the emphasis on three of his books: Cosas del cuerpo (1999), Antígona (2000) and La piedra alada (2005).

Keywords:

body, subjectivity, dramatic poetry, ethical body, metaphysics