Abstract

After having defined the Greek francophony, a marginal literature of a minority, as well as the place which Théo Crassas occupies nowadays in that literary production, we could fetch his favorite topic: the erotic affection. Through this topic, the poet expresses a cosmic, encyclopedic, and mythical sensuality, presenting a simplified and archaic art of syntax. However, the poet is not satisfied with the ordered insobriety and the madness of the sensations; he enjoys displaying erotic energy, via the intensity of the verbal flow, emotional efflorescence, rhythmic movement, via the love towards the language. Through this technique, the reader is made to detect the force of conviction, a luminous force of a majestic “glide”, which is opposed to the melodies constantly conflicting. Furthermore, discovering this poetry, made up of positive elements, the reader becomes a witness of the things' innocence and shares the palpitating emotion of the poetic script. The poet, concerned about the female beauty and the general perfection, seeks the mystery of the beauty, worried above all to emerge an eruptive, smooth and controlled poetry, a poetry denying the beautiful verse. Crassas creates a silky strophe, the versification being short and connected, a luminous speech, a venereal reverberation, granting his poetry with a lyric, rich precipitation of colors, sounds and images, features which form a special affectivity. In general, by bringing this great poet out of a completely ignored and very poorly diffused literature, we wish to outline a minority literature.

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