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In this study, we intend to discuss how the imagination and feelings of men may act in the historical field in differently ways and directions, making a reposition in the comfort history zone: the full reconstitution of the past. To... more
Desde a cronística, a história de Portugal inscreve-se num horizonte mítico e profético, história convertida em objeto de lenda e acontecimento de ordem simbólica. Para essa inscrição, veremos que a representação épica da expansão... more
In this article, we discuss that one of the most important aspects of Naufragios (1542) by Cabeza de Vaca is the cultural clash between Europeans and Native Americans, and the consequent identity transformations. Upon reflection on the... more
This article will compare a historical document, the Relationship (1497) of Alvaro Velho, with a literary work, the Peregrinação de Barnabé das Índias (1998) of a contemporary Portuguese writer called Mario Claudio. The reason for this... more
Considering the critic aspects of the Contemporary Portuguese Literature, we intend to analyze the recent novel Caim, written by José Saramago. In this article we are going to see how the novel is constructed of a revisionist way to put... more
Along with the legendary and heroic figure of Vasco da Gama from traditional narratives and chronicles of Portuguese history, there are many other biographical and fictional versions of his “story”. In this article, we present some of... more
Read the works of Jules Verne (1828-1905) allows the reader to get in touch with a world model in scientific development and discovery, an ideal model designed by European evolutionists and technicist of the nineteenth century. Therefore,... more
The fact that historical knowledge implies the construction of documentary series was a truism among historians until the middle of twentieth century. However, less obvious was the attitude of Ginzburg, and some other intellectuals, who... more
Composée de quatre-vingt quinze récits, la Comédie humaine écrit par Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) peut être comparée à une difficile voyage d'un écrivain qui vendait des romans pour survivre et pour rester dans une société bourgeoise, en... more
The reconstruction of history introduced by the novels Orion (2002) and Peregrinação de Barnabé das Índias (1998) points to the filling of voids and gaps left by the long tradition of narratives that appealed to the issue of maritime... more
This article consists in a discussion about some writings that are part of a real production from the portuguese discoveries and navigators in the sixteenth century. Such relations, reports, journals, scripts, epics, dialogues and skits... more
This essay propose a comparative study between an explain about Mensagem by Fernando Pessoa and an explain about the symbol of the portuguese coat-armour remaked in the fifhteen century. For a better understanding, this study includes... more
The modern narrative, either within the history or under the fictional perspective, when establish a new verisimilitude convention replaces the veracity status and based itself on the myth and the fantastic in order to favor, with these... more
Resumo: Abordaremos, no presente artigo, que os aspectos relativos à medicina oriental se revelam como parte constituinte e não matéria única dos Colóquios dos Simples e Drogas da Índia de Garcia da Orta, médico particular do navegador... more
Desde Camões, sabemos que não é somente de esplendor e heroísmo que foi construído o perfil de Vasco da Gama e suas viagens. O romance Peregrinação de Barnabé das Índias (1998), de Mário Cláudio, é um exemplo importante de que a viagem do... more
Este projeto busca no processo de refiguração narrativa definido por Paul Ricoeur (2010) a sua principal ancoragem teórico-metodológica para analisar os cruzamentos metafóricos entre história e ficção realizados pelo romance... more
O reconhecimento e a validação da matriz interdisciplinar entre história e literatura constitui um problema multidimensional complexo, que integra diferentes técnicas profissionais, educativas e socioculturais. Isso implica, sobretudo, a... more
Neste estudo, veremos que a narrativa mítica constitui-se como um dos veios psicanalíticos e nervosos mais profundos e representativos da cultura portuguesa, inclusive de sua literatura. Mas, desde Herculano, Garret e a Geração de 1970,... more
Pouco se fala sobre os intertextos do discurso jornalístico que se fazem presentes no romance português. Por isso, perpassando pela natureza dos poderes político-económicos que estão por trás dos instrumentos da comunicação, aqui nossa... more