Ego-grafii lirice – de la iluzia autobiografică la crochiul autoficțional

Abstract

In this article we intend to cross the borders of fiction, reconsidering the notion of autofiction, initially applied only to prose defining the textual ambivalence caused by the constant shift between autobiography and fiction, revealed as interchangeable concepts. Our aim is to extend the category of autofictionality also in the lyrical universe and reassess concepts like (auto)referentiality, intentionality and authorship, trying to shed some light on this blurry need for self-expression stated by a autofictional I. According to Roland Barthes, in poetry the author hides himself under the mask of fictionality and poetry is defined as an autobiography in which the author doesn`t dare to say his name, but the present article intends to defy this opinion, proposing exactly the opposite: to reconsider poetry as a form of self-expression, in which the author has the courage to pronounce and inscribe that `forbidden` name. In order to illustrate my hypothesis I chose a contemporary writer`s creations, Rodica Braga, whose autofictional poetry reveals a rare biographical alchemy.