THE LITERARY AND CULTURAL RESONANCES OF THE MYTH OF HENRY: THE LUSIADS AND PILGRIMAGE
THE LITERARY AND CULTURAL RESONANCES OF THE MYTH OF HENRY: THE LUSIADS AND PILGRIMAGE
Author(s): Maria Luísa de Castro Soares, Maria João de Castro SoaresSubject(s): Cultural history, Comparative Study of Literature, Other Language Literature, 16th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Pilgrimage; The Lusiads; Luís de Camões; Fernão Mendes Pinto; Portuguese mythogenesis; Henry’s myth; maritime voyage; travel literature;
Summary/Abstract: Two thematic lines: the omnipresence of the theme of the maritime voyage in Portuguese culture – which António Quadros calls the ‘myth of Henry’, – and its inflections in literature, more specifically, in Camões’s The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) and Fernão Mendes Pinto’s Pilgrimage (Peregrinação) were examined. Thus, we focus on the state of the art about the topic of Henryism/the maritime voyage, taking into account the perspective of today’s Portuguese scholars, and we look at how this theme is expressed in The Lusiads and Pilgrimage, thereby proving that these Renaissance works remain vital for the actual imaginary of the Portuguese people.
Journal: TRAMES
- Issue Year: XXIV/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 179-199
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English