The symbolism of water and stone in Clemente Riedemann’s karra maw’n

Abstract

The article consists of an analysis of the collection of poems Karra Maw’n (2015) by the poet of Valdivia, Clemente Riedemann (1953) from an ecocritical perspective which goes in depth into the poeticized geography and
in particular into water and stone as elements that determine the scenery. Due to the violence used in the territorial conflicts and from the disproportionate
exploitation of resources, the usage and socio-cultural significance of both elements is transformed, which provokes a reaction from nature in the form of
earthquakes and tidal waves. In other words, the changes experienced by water and stone represent the violence historically carried out in the south of Chile.