Deslimites do ser: análise da poesia de Manoel de Barros sob a ótica do perspectivismo ameríndio

Abstract

This master's dissertation, entitled Deslimites do Ser: Análise da Poesia de Manoel de Barros sob a Ótica do Perspectivismo Ameríndio ("Limits Undone: An Analysis of Manoel de Barros’s Poetry through the Lens of Amerindian Perspectivism"), explores the connections between the poetic work of Manoel de Barros and the philosophical-anthropological framework of Amerindian perspectivism, as developed by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro. The research focuses on the dissolution of boundaries between human and non-human realms in Barros's poetry, articulating a poetic ontology that challenges anthropocentrism and the dominance of Western rationality. It establishes a dialogue with Indigenous cosmologies, especially as presented in The Falling Sky, by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert, where knowledge is deeply rooted in the relationship with the non-human world and shamanic experience. The figure of the shaman, understood as a mediator of worlds and perspectives, becomes a central interpretative key for Barros’s poetics. The analysis draws on the poems Ninguém, Árvore, Borboletas, Formigas, A Borra, Biografia do Orvalho, A Menina que apareceu grávida de um gavião, Palavras, De Urubu, Lides de campear, Apanhador de desperdícios, and Canção de Ver. The dissertation argues that Barros’s poetic language enacts a process of desubjectivation and a horizontalization of relations with the world, establishing his work as a fertile ground for a sensitive ecology.