“They settle down on us / they dwell within”: A. M. Pires Cabral’s Attunement with Birds

Isabel Maria Fernandes Alves

doi:10.30827/tn.v7i2.29699

Auteurs-es

Isabel Maria Fernandes Alves UTAD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-3570

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.30827/tn.v7i2.29699

Mots-clés :

A. M. Pires Cabral, oiseaux, écocritique, relations homme-animal, imagination, lieu

Résumé

Des études récentes montrent que l'imagination est un processus constructif qui transporte le lecteur d'un lieu à un autre, d'un temps à un autre, offrant la possibilité d'habiter une autre conscience. L'interprétation, qui est en soi un acte d'attention, ouvre une porte à l'altérité, à la parenté et à l'empathie, nous demandant des réponses affectives envers les autres humains et non-humains. Dans une perspective écocritique, cet article examine comment la représentation des oiseaux dans la poésie de A. M. Pires Cabral illustre la manière dont le dialogue humain avec le non-humain est un outil puissant pour la redécouverte contemporaine de la nature. L'article soutient qu'en pensant aux oiseaux, le poète transforme non seulement son propre moi, mais aussi la façon dont les lecteurs voient l'autre, le non-humain. Bien que la passion de Cabral pour les oiseaux ne soit pas unique (elle s'inscrit dans une tradition remontant aux bestiaires médiévaux) cet article soutient qu'à une époque de raréfaction de la biodiversité, sa représentation poétique est l'expression d'une affection humaine en phase avec le monde plus qu'humain ; avant tout, cet article propose une discussion sur l'affection, à plusieurs niveaux, du poète pour les oiseaux, car il reconnaît que penser avec les oiseaux provoque en fin de compte une réflexion plus profonde sur les êtres humains.

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