Structural allusions and approaches to japanese genres in mexican poetry

Abstract

Mexican poetry has been nourished by influences among which we can identify those coming from the Japanese language. This approach has been carried out through topics allusions and structural allusions to Japanese genres, for example, the haiku. This article analyzes the kind of approaching that Mexican poets have had with haiku, but also with other little-studied genres such as senryu or tanka. These allusions to Japanese genres have revitalized themes of Mexican poetry, for example, eroticism has been addressed from allusions to genres such as haiku, hokku, haibun, tanka and haikai.