Un cavallo nell’Elisio (Auson. Epigr. 7 Green)

Composed on imperial commission, the elegant verse epitaph for the racehorse Phosphorus is an outstanding example of Ausonius’ poetic memory and a sophisticated essay of his technique of allusion. The three main models that innervate the text – two epigrams by Martial and a passage from Nemesianus’ Cynegetica – are signalised through three distinct references or ‘quotations’ concentrated in the first line, which sums up the ‘intertextual project’ of the poem. The paper aims to describe this feature of the epigram in detail; the analysis is completed by a fresh attempt to correct the scribal error that affects the last line of the text in the unique manuscript.

In Poetic Memory of Zumbi’s Palmares and Abdias do Nascimento’s Quilombismo. In Homage to Abdias do Nascimento (1914-2011)

Modern urban formations of the Arts (such as the literary published phenomenon known as Cadernos negros) and activism have roots in the Zumbi-Palmares legacy. Quilombismo, created by Abdias do Nascimento, serves to explain this experience. A contemporary philosophy of identity and nationhood, Quilombismo mirrors Negritude, embracing transformations that erode injustice and inequality. It emerged as a product of Nascimento’s commitment to politics, the Black Movement, literature, and theater. He envisioned his art, speeches, essays, and activism as part of the global anti-racist democratization; his writings reveal influences from Pan-Africanism and a deep commitment to Afro-Brazil. The elevation of quilombo from maroonage and black rural communities to the level of philosophy has provided impetus to date, as literature and activism maintain momentum in an era of diversity. Moving beyond fleeing black bodies in search of Palmares, an image frozen in time, this thinker has provoked dynamic perceptions of cultural affirmation, ensuring the survival of values associated with Zumbi’s Palmares.

'Prender de gajo': sujetos trasplantados e imaginarios globales en Luisa Futoransky / 'Prender de gajo': transplanted subjects and global imaginaries in Luisa Futoransky

Resumen: La obra de Luisa Futoransky se construye como una “literatura menor” tal como la definen Deleuze y Guattari. Sus poemas y novelas emplean el collage como una forma de “subal-ternizar” el lenguaje literario a fin de cuestionar las grandes narrativas nacionales. Sus textos expresan un pensamiento de fronteras que está traspasado por inquietudes feministas. En el presente trabajo se analiza el modo en que la memoria transatlántica construye el lugar de la “subalternización” en los textos de Futoransky. Por medio de un análisis del uso del collage y otros mecanismos narrativos y poéticos, el trabajo propone leer la obra de Futoransky a partir de una estética desterri-torializadora que se caracteriza por: la disolución del sujeto, el uso del collage, la cita como un mecanismo posmoderno; la estética desfami-liarizadora, el humor y el artificio, y la memoria como la fuente de una estética trasatlántica. El trabajo analiza el modo en que Futoransky explora las tensiones en la relación entre memoria y lugar a partir de un análisis de las tensiones entre lo global y lo local. Palabras clave: Futoransky, literatura menor, subalternización, desterritorlización.Abstract: The works by Luisa Futoransky are representative of what Deleuze and Guattari define as a “minor literature”, a literature that questions the relationship between nation and literary canon. Her novels and poems use collage as a way to represent this “minor literature”, a medium to create a subaltern voice in her literature. Hers is a literature that lives in the borderlands, experiencing the border from a feminist perspective. In this essay, I propose a reading of Futoransky’s works from a transatlantic and subaltern perspective. Her aesthetic project breaks the bonds between language and territory. The main strategies analyzed here are: the dissolution of the subject, the use of collage and quotation as postmodern techniques to destabilize meaning, humor, and a poetic memory that challenges national borders. This paper analyzes how Futoransky explores the tensions between memory and place from the complexities of global and local dynamics. Keywords: Futoransky, Minor Literature, Subalternization, Deterritorialization.