The exaltation of genius: a study on the construction of ethos in Fernando Pessoa

• Grant number: 10/20660-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2011
• End date: December 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Other Vernacular Literatures
• Principal Investigator: Caio Márcio Poletti Lui Gagliardi
• Grantee: Alex de Araujo Neiva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to study the construction of the myth-Pessoa from the analysis of the correspondence of the author. More specifically, it is asking how the writer deals with the notion of genius and its implications for the aesthetic-literary projects formulated.