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Writing the landscape: Brazil on the affective horizon of Agustina Bessa-Luís

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Abstract:
‘Breviário do Brasil,’ by Agustina Bessa-Luís, is a memoir, the result of several trips to Brazil and of an intense emotional relationship with this South American country. We propose to read this book under a renewed comparative perspective: to analyze how the author's text writes the landscape, exploring various topics or dimensions: context and circumstances of writing; forms of representation of the Brazilian landscape and the role of literary and cultural memory; and also the clash of cultural identities and the proposal of a poetic Journey.
‘Breviário do Brasil’, de Agustina Bessa-Luís, é um livro de memórias, resultado de várias viagens ao Brasil e de uma intensa relação emocional com esse país sul-americano. Propomos ler este livro sob uma perspectiva comparativa renovada: analisar como o texto do autor escreve a paisagem, explorando vários tópicos ou dimensões: contexto e circunstâncias da escrita; formas de representação da paisagem brasileira e o papel da memória literária e cultural; e também o choque de identidades culturais e a proposta de uma Jornada poética.

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Martins, José Cândido de Oliveira, "Writing the landscape: Brazil on the affective horizon of Agustina Bessa-Luís" (2014). BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/ery6-x718

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  • BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature

    BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature (ISSN: 2526-4885), founded in 1988, publishes scholarly articles on Brazilian literature and in Comparative Literature with a focus on Brazilian literature, as well as book reviews, interviews with writers, English-language translations of Brazilian literature …

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