Abstract

GARCIA AVILA, Aldo. "Donde tu hermosura se ensombra": Morpho Semantic Problems on "Comentario VII", of Juan Gelman. Acta poét [online]. 2013, vol.34, n.2, pp.213-236. ISSN 2448-735X.

In this paper, the author uses the tools of linguistics and morphology to describe formally and semantically the poetic licenses and archaisms found in the poem "Comentario VII" by Juan Gelman: that is, those occasional words coined by Gelman with emotional and poetic purpose, as well as words that have become obsolete but have found themselves revitalized in his poetry. The analysis takes as its starting point the concept of morphological transparency and opacity, through which the formation of words in the poem is conditioned, among other things, by the fact that the reader can identify the base word of poetic license, an identification that allows him to determine the base word's meaning. Similarly, some of these words will contend with both formally and semantically established words in such a way that poetic license will not be blocked, as through transparency Gelman will succeed in restoring basic or prototypical meanings that words no longer express. Finally, the author shows how literary argument is supported by the use of tools of linguistic description.

Keywords : word formation; poetic license; transparency; opacity; rival schemes.