A Poet Bears Witness: The Case of Marc de Larréguy

Authors

  • Marion Carel Escola de Altos Estudos em Ciências Sociais, Paris
  • Dinah Ribard Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7726.2019.4.33978

Keywords:

Poetry. Testimony. Ilocutionary.

Abstract

How is it even possible to bear witness about an event while making clear that you were not present during this event? It is what happens with Marc de Larreguy’s poems, which he wrote during WWI, at the front, and whose subject matter is the war. Larreguy was not a professional writer writing poetry about the war; he was a soldier, and his poems insist on their testimonial value. Our hypothesis is that bearing witness is a speech act; the words “I witnessed” could introduce the content of each of these poems. Marc de Larreguy’s poems don’t seem to bear witness because they are testimonies, but because they state that they are testimonies. A speech act is a stated utterance.

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Author Biographies

Marion Carel, Escola de Altos Estudos em Ciências Sociais, Paris

Professora e pesquisadora da Escola de Altos Estudos em Ciências Sociais – EHESS-Paris, França.

Dinah Ribard, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS

Professora e pesquisadora da Escola de Altos Estudos em Ciências Sociais – EHESS-Paris, França.

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Published

2019-12-31

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Carel, M., & Ribard, D. (2019). A Poet Bears Witness: The Case of Marc de Larréguy. Letras De Hoje, 54(4), 546–556. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7726.2019.4.33978

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Vol. 54 No. 4 (2019)

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Translation

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