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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