Camilo Castelo Branco and the rise of the novel: bibliographical research of a european dialogue

• Grant number: 07/06685-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: January 01, 2008
• End date: February 29, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Other Vernacular Literatures
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Fernando da Motta de Oliveira
• Grantee: Paulo Fernando da Motta de Oliveira
• Host Investigator: Ernesto José Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Abstract

This project aims at to analyze the work of Camilo Castello Branco produced between 1851 and 1856 in a European perspective: to verify as he constructs its novel from the tense relation that keeps with the foreign romances - particularly the French one - and with a public addicted to these novels. (AU)