Editorial Unimagdalena

Description in English: An enlightening approach to Gómez Jattin's poetry, unveiling an existential struggle that points out his vision of the world. Eros and Thanatos identified as two broad semantic fields through which the word registers the dramatic spectacle of the most conflictive reality. By inserting himself as subject-object in his discourse, by becoming language, the lyric self seeks to overcome the insurmountable limits of the human condition. Rather than a psycho-clinical approach, however, the present study concentrates on the poet's experience at the level of discursivity. Raul's lyrical adventure is seen as a convulsive and multiple register that he achieves, dynamically relying on his own instincts: a strategic search for redemption in writing.