A lecture of The Keeper of Sheep from the “poetic speech” of Being and Time

Abstract

The §34 of Being and Time points to “poetic speech” as an explicit way of communicating existential possibilities, manifesting Dasein in its singularity. Language, whose foundation is “Discourse” (Rede), articulates, therefore, “Attunement” (Befindlichkeit) and “Understanding” (Verstehen). That which is manifested by language is not, at first, a concept -consequence of a reflexive exercise- but Meaning -consequence of a factual experience. Thereby, the “poetic speech” characterizes the hermeneutic way of articulation and construction of the language properly attuned. This allows us to read Alberto Caeiro’s The Keeper of Sheep -Fernando Pessoa’s heteronym- from the “poetic speech”, realizing that it is articulates the Attunement, the Understanding and the Discourse.