From Agony to Enlightenment: Parallels between Rafael Lechowski’s Quarcissus and T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets

 

Guardat en:
Dades bibliogràfiques
Autors: Saravia Vargas, Juan Carlos, Saravia Vargas, José Roberto, Delgado Solano, Daniel
Format: artículo original
Estat:Versión publicada
Data de publicació:2023
Descripció:Eliot’s Four Quartets stands as one of the most influential poetic works of the 20th Century. Therefore, academics have approached it from many different angles, among which one may mention its musicality, the references it contains, its composition, and the belief systems that converge in it, such as Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Rap music, on the other hand, is generally assumed to be a cultural product that lacks profound insights on the subjects it touches upon precisely because it is built for entertainment, not academic analysis. However, although rap music is generally regarded as non-academic, Rafael Lechowski’s extensive rap work entitled Quarcissus: El arte de desamar has divided criticism because of the way in which it engages with the subject of emotional pain. This article argues that Lechowski’s work shares both structural and content features with Eliot’s Four Quartets; particulary regarding Buddhist principles, which is established by comparing the four sections that make up both texts.
Pais:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/56370
Accés en línia:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/56370
Paraula clau:poetry
cultural environment
literary analysis
contemporary music
Buddhism
poesía
medio cultural
análisis literario
música contemporánea
budismo