Existential plenitude and epicureism in Aurora Luque's latest work

Authors

  • Josefa Alvarez Valadés Le Moyne College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.2018302052

Keywords:

Epicureism, carpe diem, body, memory, politic-social consciousness

Abstract

The present article traces characteristic aspects of the epicurean doctrine in the latest two poetry collections published by the Andalusian poet Aurora Luque: Cuaderno de Flandes and Personal y político, both of 2015. We try in particular to analyze their link with a more hedonistic Epicureanism, similar to the one that great Latin poets such as Horacio and Catulo once developed. Through this approach, Luque's poetry is linked to a vital fullness where the body takes a leading role that is not at odds with enjoyment through culture, memory or socio-political consciousness.

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Author Biography

Josefa Alvarez Valadés, Le Moyne College

Associate Professor of Spanish

Foreign Languages and Literartures

Published

2018-07-09

How to Cite

Alvarez Valadés, J. (2018). Existential plenitude and epicureism in Aurora Luque’s latest work. Tropelías: Review of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, (30), 171–180. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.2018302052

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Section

Dossier
Received 2017-07-29
Accepted 2018-04-07
Published 2018-07-09