El lugar imposible: La 'escritura no escrita' de José Luis Castillejo

Abstract

In late francoist Spain, a diverse group of poets claim for the withdrawal from writing. There were two the main trends: on the one hand, one trend that comes from Letrism, which made of appropriation its distinctive character and of hazard his spirit, on the other hand, a trend that originates in concretism and that aspire to establish objective methods for poetry creation. Aiming to sidestep both movements, José Luis Castillejo —originally a Zaj member— conceive his 'escritura no escrita', a transposition of pictorial modernism to the field of writing.  This article critiques Castillejo aesthetical stance with respect to the first of his modernist works: The book of I’s showing its paradoxical relation to the concrete trend in Spanish experimental poetry.