Being Foreign: (A)poetic Forges of Deterritorialisation

Abstract

Based on a theoretical framework that combines the concept of deterritorialisation developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, and the A-poetics theory of Charles Bernstein, this paper analyses three movements of escape from territoriality, permeated by the processes of modern colonization and contemporary globalization, addressing three nuclear literary bases. First, we intend to analyse how colonial exploration relegates the status of the natives of a territory to 'foreigner', through an analysis of the story "The Foreign Legion" by Clarice Lispector. Secondly, the globalization movement is investigated through the consolidation of English as a communication template and through the critical analysis of poems by Paulo Leminski and José Brites. Finally, from a reading of the poems that make up "Travel Maps" by Frederico Barbosa, we draw conclusions on the gaps in the composition of a national identity generated by inequalities and abundant internal ills, in the case of Brazil.