The Discursive Effects of the Haiku-based SADUPA Poetry Technique in Palliative Care

Alfonso Santarpia (1) , Eric Dudoit (1) , Melanie Paul (1)

1 LPCLS - Laboratoire de Psychopathologie Clinique, Langage et Subjectivité

This qualitative study seeks to present the discursive effects of SADUPA, a new poetry-based technique centered on haiku, in the context of psycho-oncological treatment. The technique is used with a terminal cancer patient, Mr. A. The psychological processes involved with and the poetic writings arising from the technique are discussed. In particular, the discursive variations in Mr. A’s narrative of his illness are described as they occurred before and after his poetry writing. The authors suggest that writing workshops based on the brief poetic structures of the haiku can enable patients to produce a larger and more singular narrative about their end-of- life experiences.

Keywords: haiku; palliative care.; poetry therapy; software TROPES V.8.4; discourse analysis; cancer; SADUPA

Domains: Cognitive science; Linguistics; Cognitive science; Psychology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Social Anthropology and ethnology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Linguistics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Psychology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Religions; Humanities and Social Sciences; Methods and statistics; Cognitive science; Neuroscience

Alfonso Santarpia, Eric Dudoit, Melanie Paul. The Discursive Effects of the Haiku-based SADUPA Poetry Technique in Palliative Care. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 2015, 28 (3), pp.174-194. ⟨10.1080/08893675.2015.1051288⟩. ⟨hal-01180712⟩