Vietnam desde el salón: la poesía de guerra de Denise Levertov

• Elisa Ortiz Barroso ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Revista de filología románica, ISSN-e 1988-2815, ISSN 0212-999X, Nº Extra 33, 2, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Reflejos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la literatura y las artes II), págs. 209-218
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5209/RFRM.55873
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Vietnam in the Living Room: Denise levertov’s Poetry of War
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  • español

    En el contexto asiático de la Guerra Fría, Estados Unidos decide intervenir en Vietnam, convirtiendo el conflicto civil en una disputa internacional cuyos estragos serán televisados en occidente. Surge entonces la poesía de guerra de Denise Levertov, escritora y activista política que reivindica en su obra la responsabilidad del artista para/con su contexto sociopolítico, y que intentará con su obra no solo cuestionar la intervención militar en Vietnam, sino también desafiar la pasividad del espectador originada en la distancia que separa la realidad del salón norteamericano, iluminado por el televisor, de las escenas desoladoras que se ven en la pantalla.

  • English

    In the Eastern dimension of the Cold War, the United States decides to take part in the Vietnam War, turning the conflict into an international contend which would be broadcasted in the Western world. It is as a response to these events that Denise Levertov, writer and activist of the intellectual spheres of the U.S., develops her work of protest. Convinced of the artist’s responsibility within his/her sociopolitical context, she tries to defy with her poetry the passivity of the population, which originates in the distance established between the american living room, lit up by the tV, and the distressing scenes which can be seen on its screen.

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