O viata
”Terra Amata” (Penguin Classics, 2008) este, de data aceasta, un poem al existentei umane. O existenta efemera, fara sens, o trecere nefericita a omului prin eternitatea Universului.
On the earth by chance
I was born
a living man
I grew up
inside the drawing
the days went by
and the nights
I played all those games
loved
happy
I spoke all those languages
gesticulating
saying incomprehensible words
or asking indiscreet questions
in a region that resembled hell
I peopled the earth
to conquer the silence
to tell the whole truth
I lived in the immensity of consciousness
I ran away
then I grew old
I died
and was buried (pag.209).
”Terra Amata” este un roman experimental, scris si publicat de JMG Le Clézio in militantii ani '60. E, drept urmare, un manifest -pe alocuri vehement- pentru ceea ce s-ar putea numi ”revenirea la natura”. E o explorare, o meditatie asupra rolului umil al omului; e un apel pentru o existenta in armonie deplina cu marea, cu nisipul, cu vintul, cu cerul, cu iarba si insectele; e un protest fata de asumarea conditiei de zeu si creator de catre om, e un protest in fata interventionismului uman.
Le Clézio il creeaza pe Chancelade, care se naste, creste, traieste si moare. Fiecare vers al poemului e un capitol al cartii si al existentie lui Chancelade, un drum al maturizarii si constientizarii. Un joc cu reguli inventate de viata si limbaj. Un drum aparent inutil, din moment ce totul (dintr-un om) dispare fara urma, doar intr-o singura secunda. Universul e ceea ce ar putea fi vesnic, daca omul, pe drumul sau, n-ar face totul sa-l distruga.
Si Le Clézio chiar demonstreaza, in ”Terra Amata”, artificialitatea si lipsa de substanta a artifactelor umane, a limbajului uman. Sint, de pilda, pagini intregi, scrise in limbi incomprehensibile, in Morse sau in limbajul semnelor, pagini care ar putea insemna ceva sau ... nimic. Sint cuvinte, ori sunete, miscari - niste conventii inventate si aplicate de un grup. La fel de iluzorii si efemere ca si omul modern care, prin anii douazecidemii si ceva, va fi doar un exponat de muzeu, numit Maldec.
”Maldec man seems to have lived in communities, in tall concrete houses divided into rooms. His was essentially a working and fetishist civilization. Wars were frequent and deadly, as is proved by certain burial-places recently discovered. These wars were probably due to racial or religious differences. The civilization of Maldec man was also ritual, nationalist, and based on the family. It thus belongs to the polymorphic pre-desertic period, which lasted about 5.000 years. It may be that Maldec man was contemporary with the beginning of the great drought which occurred at that time and which caused his civilization to disappear” (pag.88).
”Terra Amata” e, fara indoiala, o carte interesanta si originala. Insa deloc appealing. O recomand antropologilor :) Iar coperta celor de la Penguin e … penibila.
”Terra Amata” (Penguin Classics, 2008) este, de data aceasta, un poem al existentei umane. O existenta efemera, fara sens, o trecere nefericita a omului prin eternitatea Universului.
On the earth by chance
I was born
a living man
I grew up
inside the drawing
the days went by
and the nights
I played all those games
loved
happy
I spoke all those languages
gesticulating
saying incomprehensible words
or asking indiscreet questions
in a region that resembled hell
I peopled the earth
to conquer the silence
to tell the whole truth
I lived in the immensity of consciousness
I ran away
then I grew old
I died
and was buried (pag.209).
”Terra Amata” este un roman experimental, scris si publicat de JMG Le Clézio in militantii ani '60. E, drept urmare, un manifest -pe alocuri vehement- pentru ceea ce s-ar putea numi ”revenirea la natura”. E o explorare, o meditatie asupra rolului umil al omului; e un apel pentru o existenta in armonie deplina cu marea, cu nisipul, cu vintul, cu cerul, cu iarba si insectele; e un protest fata de asumarea conditiei de zeu si creator de catre om, e un protest in fata interventionismului uman.
Le Clézio il creeaza pe Chancelade, care se naste, creste, traieste si moare. Fiecare vers al poemului e un capitol al cartii si al existentie lui Chancelade, un drum al maturizarii si constientizarii. Un joc cu reguli inventate de viata si limbaj. Un drum aparent inutil, din moment ce totul (dintr-un om) dispare fara urma, doar intr-o singura secunda. Universul e ceea ce ar putea fi vesnic, daca omul, pe drumul sau, n-ar face totul sa-l distruga.
Si Le Clézio chiar demonstreaza, in ”Terra Amata”, artificialitatea si lipsa de substanta a artifactelor umane, a limbajului uman. Sint, de pilda, pagini intregi, scrise in limbi incomprehensibile, in Morse sau in limbajul semnelor, pagini care ar putea insemna ceva sau ... nimic. Sint cuvinte, ori sunete, miscari - niste conventii inventate si aplicate de un grup. La fel de iluzorii si efemere ca si omul modern care, prin anii douazecidemii si ceva, va fi doar un exponat de muzeu, numit Maldec.
”Maldec man seems to have lived in communities, in tall concrete houses divided into rooms. His was essentially a working and fetishist civilization. Wars were frequent and deadly, as is proved by certain burial-places recently discovered. These wars were probably due to racial or religious differences. The civilization of Maldec man was also ritual, nationalist, and based on the family. It thus belongs to the polymorphic pre-desertic period, which lasted about 5.000 years. It may be that Maldec man was contemporary with the beginning of the great drought which occurred at that time and which caused his civilization to disappear” (pag.88).
”Terra Amata” e, fara indoiala, o carte interesanta si originala. Insa deloc appealing. O recomand antropologilor :) Iar coperta celor de la Penguin e … penibila.