The downfall of the epic: Fingal and Temora

• Grant number: 12/17474-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: January 01, 2013
• End date: May 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Literature Theory
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Guardini Teixeira Vasconcelos
• Grantee: Thiago Rhys Bezerra Cass
• Supervisor: Thomas Keymer
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Toronto (U of T), Canada
• Associated to the scholarship: 10/18863-7 - The downfall of the epic: Fingal and Temora, BP.DR

Abstract

Our aim is to carry out a research project at the University of Toronto, Canada. We intend to explain the relationship between the configuration of the epics ascribed to Ossian -- Fingal and Temora -- with the eighteenth-century novel.Keywords: Ossian; epic; novel; Eighteenth century. (AU)