O medievalismo na atualidade: o caso de o remorso de baltazar serapião

Authors

  • Ana Rita Gonçalves Soares

Keywords:

Middle Ages, Contemporary Portuguese Literature, Contemporary Medievalism, Women

Abstract

This study aims at analysing the representation of the characters, the motifs and the topics that create the medieval universe of Valter Hugo Mãe’s o remorso de baltazar serapião (2006). Highlighting the topic of “(gender) oppression”, this article mainly focuses on the function of the medieval setting in constructing a critical literary discourse about the social role of women today.

Author Biography

  • Ana Rita Gonçalves Soares

    is currently teaching Portuguese at the IES San Clemente as a Scholarship holder from the Auxiliares de Conversación Programme. She received a MA on Medieval Studies (2014-2015) and a MA on Literary and Cultural Studies (2013-2014) from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). She holds a BA on European Languages and Literatures (2010-2013) from the Universidade do Minho (Portugal). Her current research focuses on the recreation of the Middle Ages in contemporary Iberian literature. Institutional address: IES San Clemente. Rúa de San Clemente, s/n, 15705 Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

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Published

15-08-2016

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 8 (2016): 8th Edition

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

“O Medievalismo Na Atualidade: O Caso De O Remorso De Baltazar serapião”. 2016. Estrema: Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities 1 (8): 35. https://estrema.letras.ulisboa.pt/ojs/index.php/estrema/article/view/60.