Pessoa et compagnie: a study of the reception, acclimatization and appropriation of Fernando Pessoa in France

• Grant number: 23/06487-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: August 01, 2024
• End date: July 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Other Vernacular Literatures
• Principal Investigator: Caio Márcio Poletti Lui Gagliardi
• Grantee: Caio Márcio Poletti Lui Gagliardi
• Host Investigator: Fernando Curopos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France

Abstract

This research proposes the study of the reception, acclimatization and appropriation of Fernando Pessoa in France through the intertextual prism. Based on a reading proposal that is independent of the horizon of expectations projected by the writer, and relatively distant from the Portuguese interpretive community, the present investigation focuses on the literary bases on which the fusion of two distinct cultural horizons, French and Portuguese, and their new effects of meaning on the poet's image. In the scope of this investigation, the interest in how Pessoa is acclimatized in France is not only a purpose in itself, but also a methodological proposal that opens new paths for his work. This correlational map of Fernando Pessoa with authors from the French canon, as well as non-French authors referenced by the French critical fortune, is organized around five subsequent steps. The research will start from a first critical moment of the French reception of Pessoa, managed by 1) Pierre Hourcade and 2) Armand Guibert. It will then focus on 3) Robert Bréchon's fundamental approach, accompanied by a intertextual bibliographical selection. Finally, it will address, from a comparative perspective, the 5) fictional appropriation of Pessoa-Bernardo Soares through Charles Dubois, protagonist of the novel Mes vies parallèles (2023), by Julian Leschiera. (AU)