TY - JOUR
T1 - The novels of Valter Hugo Mãe
AU - Nogueira, Carlos Manuel Teixeira
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - This article takes an overview of the five novels published to date by Valter Hugo Mãe, whose work has been distinguished with a number of prizes, most recently the Grande Prémio Portugal Telecom (2012). It identifies the themes and motifs that are specific to this author's novels, namely love and hate, life and death, Portugal, youth and old age, desire and sexuality, freedom, power and oppression, rebellion, debate and satire. At the same time it traces the narrative and stylistic elements, and the shadings of the fantastic, the grotesque, the supernatural, the existential, the surreal, and the expressionist that Valter Hugo Mãe has explored from his very first novel. SCOPUS ID: 84883885248
AB - This article takes an overview of the five novels published to date by Valter Hugo Mãe, whose work has been distinguished with a number of prizes, most recently the Grande Prémio Portugal Telecom (2012). It identifies the themes and motifs that are specific to this author's novels, namely love and hate, life and death, Portugal, youth and old age, desire and sexuality, freedom, power and oppression, rebellion, debate and satire. At the same time it traces the narrative and stylistic elements, and the shadings of the fantastic, the grotesque, the supernatural, the existential, the surreal, and the expressionist that Valter Hugo Mãe has explored from his very first novel. SCOPUS ID: 84883885248
KW - Novel
KW - Valter Hugo Mãe
KW - Portugal
KW - Twenty-first century
U2 - 10.5699/portstudies.29.1.0106
DO - 10.5699/portstudies.29.1.0106
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 106
EP - 126
JO - Portuguese Studies
JF - Portuguese Studies
SN - 0267-5315
IS - 1
ER -