Love, the Cosmos and the Raging Sea: The Surrealist Ecopoetics of César Moro
- Pedro Favaron
Abstract
In César Moro’s poetry, we can identify a consistent endeavor towards cosmic communion and the revival of the mythical vision that typified the rituals and relationships with nature of the ancient Amerindian cultures of Peru. This article elucidates these tendencies in the oeuvre of the Peruvian surrealist poet, specifically through the analysis of selected prose poems. These poems are primarily from the collection titled Cartas (1939), and ‘Biografía peruana’, a part of the book Los anteojos de azufre (1958). The personal appropriation of the surrealist proposition carried out by Moro, along with its mythical, imaginative, and emotional connections to the Andean territories, will be highlighted. The ecopoetic and hermeneutics approach of Moro’s work exhibit the possibilities and limits of the avant-garde and modern proposals to link the human being with the cosmic totality
Keywords
andean surrealism, peruvian ecopoetry, poetic clairvoyance, erotic episteme, cosmic communion
Author Biography
Pedro Favaron
Pedro Favaron (1979) is an academic researcher, poet, writer, audiovisual artist, and social communicator. Currently, he serves as a full-time professor at the Department of Humanities at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). He is also a founding member of the Poetic Research Group of Mother Earth and the Research Group on Linguistics and Interculturality, Chana. In 2012, he completed his doctorate in Literature at the University of Montreal, Canada. Dr. Favaron has specialized in studying oral literature of Amazonian nations, as well as various aspects of the thought and spiritual practices of Andean and North American indigenous peoples. He has developed an ecological philosophy based on ancestral wisdom and medicinal ceremonies. Additionally, he has worked on intercultural themes to foster respectful dialogue between modernity and traditional indigenous thought. Dr. Favaron has authored numerous academic articles and books, published in various Latin American countries
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