The aesthetic experience of silence in the poetry of Dulce María Loynaz

Abstract

This article has as main objective the determination of de fundamental variants of silence and aesthetic experience in the work of one of the greatest poetesses of Cuban literary history: Dulce María Loynaz (1902-1997). From its intimate roots and creative originality, the aesthetic approach to the topic of silence is analized here in its relationship with others such as loneliness, nostalgia, the ineffable, desolation and death. Some expressive tricks suggesting the significant silence that accompanies his poetic texts are also worked on.