Not-to-read poems: notes about the reception of vanguard poetry

Abstract

What happens with the reception of a poem when its composition goes beyond the traditional use of the linguistic sign and it gives the reader new elements for the construction of meaning? How can we build up meaning from the «unexpected»? What do vanguard poems propose to the receptor? These are some of the questions that we will try to answer in this article, using as objects of study, poetic pieces of Dadaism, Concrete Poetry and Spanish Experimental Poetry. Through our journey, we will be pointing, analyzing and proposing hypotheses about the reception of that kind of poem, which demands the participation of the reader in a very high level.  We will lean on the Reception Theory of Literature, on Semiotics and on the Aesthetic Effect Theory.