Figurations of the moor in Portuguese literature: the wrong side of Marenostro?

• Grant number: 05/04665-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: October 01, 2006
• End date: March 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Other Vernacular Literatures
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Fernando da Motta de Oliveira
• Grantee: Carla Carvalho Alves
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to research the barbarian theme manifestation in the following texts of the XIX and XX century Portuguese Literature: Mário de Carvalho’s novel, Um Deus Passeando Pela Brisa da Tarde (1994), Herberto Helder’s tale, Teorema (1963) and the narrative Eurico, o Presbítero (1844) by Alexandre Herculano. The chosen literary texts have in common, besides the peculiar historical elaboration, in which the presence of the barbarian element in the Portuguese past is evident, a relativization of the manicheist conception that considers civilization and barbarian as two contrarian concepts. Then, we will, through the fictitious historical perspective provided by the Literature, look for a free recognition of a “barbarian origin” to the Portuguese past, still prevalent in the interior of the civil constitution of Portuguese culture.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ALVES, Carla Carvalho. Figurations of the moor in portuguese literature: the wrong side of Marenostro?. 2010. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.