Contemporary Portuguese Fiction
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1. Percorrendo os caminhos da morte rumo à personificação em As Intermitências da Morte e O Triunfo da Morte
This study investigates the death personification as one of the great elements of rupture between the Portuguese Traditional Literature and the Contemporary Literature as a subsidy for reflection on the Portuguese post-modern reality. Facing a stagnant tradition around the lyric, artistic productions appear which searched literary subject from the European i
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 2012
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2. An annotated translation of Narayan s novel The Guide
This dissertation consists of an informative annotated translation of R. K. Narayan¿s novel The Guide (1958). The dissertation provides a critical discussion of practical aspects and underlying theoretical assumptions to the translating process. The field of translation studies has in the last decades taken on many meanings and now encompasses realms beyond
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 2011
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3. Double construction in "The Double" / A construção duplicada em "O homem duplicado"
This dissertation researches the duplicity in The Double, by José Saramago. This book was published in Brazil in 2002 and focuses on the globalized world identity, based on the story of the meeting between Tertuliano Máximo Afonso, a History teacher, and his look-alike, António Claro, a supporting actor. Analyzing parts of the novel, the way this duplicit
Publicado em: 2010
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4. HISTÓRIA, MITO E IDENTIDADE EM O CONQUISTADOR, DE ALMEIDA FARIA. / HISTORY, MYTH OF IDENTITY IN O CONQUISTADOR, BY ALMEIDA FARIA.
A presente dissertação de mestrado utiliza como corpus de análise o romance O Conquistador, de Almeida Faria. A interpretação da obra considera três pontos de leitura: História, mito e identidade. Inicialmente, busca-se fazer um levantamento do contexto histórico de instauração do sebastianismo em Portugal, dado que, o diálogo que se estabelece na
Publicado em: 2006
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5. Poesia negra das AmÃricas: Solano Trindade e Langston Hughes
This thesis gives priority to the black poetry study of the Brazilian poet Solano Trindade (1908-1974) and of the north American poet Langston Hughes (1902-1967). My research also visits other poetsâ works such as Countee Cullen (in the United States) and the Caribbean poets NicolÃs GuillÃn (from Cuba), Aimà CÃsaire (from Maritinica) and some Brazilian
Publicado em: 2006
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6. "A montanha azul de Meir Shalev: uma leitura pós-sionista da sociedade israelense" / The Blue Mountain of Meir Shalev: A Reading Post-Zionist of the Israeli Society
The 20th century represented for the Jews scattered around the world a double great change; on one hand, 6 millions of them were killed at the Shoah, the organized II WW massacre. During these same disturbed years, search for a territorial and for a national solution for the Jewish people reached its apex. Supported by ideals developed and stipulated by Zion
Publicado em: 2006
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7. LITERATURE, HISTORY AND ALEXANDRE HERCULANOS LEGENDS E NARRATIVES / LITERATURA, HISTÓRIA E LENDAS E NARRATIVAS DE ALEXANDRE HERCULANO
The main objective of this thesis is to analyse the historical short stories in Lendas e Narrativas, so as to demonstrate, from both historical and fictional points of view, Herculanos attempt to change the Portuguese medieval period into a cultural inheritance, following the romantic artistic project. The second objective is to capture the romantic view of
Publicado em: 2003