Poetics of intervention in Mexico: Dialogues with the mythical

Abstract This article proposes a reflection on the idea of intervention present in the literary production of recent decades in Mexico. Whether in an evident way, through the graphic marks in the body of the poems, or through an elaboration that seeks to dilate conventional discourses, the intervention here has to do with the strategies created to intercede, through language, in the imaginary of the reader and, therefore, in his or her discourses. Thinking of them as producers of “poetics of intervention”, the writings that we present here question the discourses of power, as well as the complex and different forms of authority. Resulting from diverse compositional processes, these writings make us reflect on the present time and the need for imagination for human survival. The dialogue with the mythical is one of the aspects of these processes, which is the subject of this first approach to the “poetics of intervention” in Mexico in the contemporary sphere.

摘要 本文针对近几十年来墨西哥文学创作中蕴含的介入理念展开反思。无论是以显在形式，通过诗歌文本本体中的图像印记，或是以旨在延展传统话语的精微建构，本文所探讨的“介入”，均指向借由语言介入读者的想象世界，并进而作用于其话语体系的相关策略。我们将此类创作视作“介入诗学（poetics of intervention）”的成果，这些作品不仅对权力话语及其复杂多元的权威形态提出质疑，且源于多样的创作实践，促使我们反思当下时代与人类存续所需的想象力。与神话叙事的对话是此类创作实践的核心面向之一，而这一面向正是本文首次对当代墨西哥语境下的“介入诗学”展开探讨的核心议题。