Form and antiform: the disassembly poetry of Edimilson de Almeida Pereira

Abstract

Considering that form becomes a crucial issue for the modernity discourse, attached with notions of rhythm, community and criticism, this article seeks to analyze the dismantling tradition and historical revision project that the poet Edimilson de Almeida Pereira carries out to propose his conception of antiform. In dialogue with the Afro-diaspora heritage, among other modern and archaic poetic expressions, the poet's constant interruption verse ends up including in the discourse of the poetry crisis issues related to origin, survival and dissemination, in order to undo any permanent and positive reading of the notion of form. This article questions some theories of verse, such as those of Mallarmé, Giorgio Agamben and Marcos Siscar, in addition to the important contributions of Jacques Derrida to the problem of style and to the task of deconstruction, which are central to the approximation of a poetics notoriously inclined to learning how to disassemble, while also working for continuity, infinity and justice