Abstract
Starting from the Giorgio Agamben essay, “ O que é o Contemporâneo?”
(in Nudez, Relógio d`Água, 2010), we intend to reflect on the contemporary,
in general, and on contemporary Portuguese literature in particular.
The Contemporary is understood not as a historical or chronological category,
but rather as an unhistorical category, as text that can maintain itself
current over time. To illustrate this idea, some poetics of Portuguese poets
are taken into account in order to establish the dialogue between the classic
and the contemporary: Camões, Cesário Verde, Herbert Helder, Ruy Belo,
Nuno Júdice, Manuel de Freitas and Gonçalo M. Tavares are some of the
chosen poets.
(in Nudez, Relógio d`Água, 2010), we intend to reflect on the contemporary,
in general, and on contemporary Portuguese literature in particular.
The Contemporary is understood not as a historical or chronological category,
but rather as an unhistorical category, as text that can maintain itself
current over time. To illustrate this idea, some poetics of Portuguese poets
are taken into account in order to establish the dialogue between the classic
and the contemporary: Camões, Cesário Verde, Herbert Helder, Ruy Belo,
Nuno Júdice, Manuel de Freitas and Gonçalo M. Tavares are some of the
chosen poets.
| Original language | Portuguese |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2019-2024 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Abril: Revista do Núcleo de Estudos de Literatura Portuguesa e Africana da UFF |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Contemporary; Modern; Classic; Portuguese Poetry