Abstract
O grande movimento de viagem de lazer ocorrido no século XIX chegou tarde a Portugal, muito por influência das vicissitudes geopolíticas da primeira metade de Oitocentos e de que se destaca as invasões francesas e o consequente refúgio da corte portuguesa para o Brasil, bem como a guerra civil liberal subsequente. Nesta atmosfera cambiante, a dimensão do estrangeiro tornou-se, para os nacionais, num imperativo mais desejado e cantado do que vivido, pelo que, só quase no fim do século, se reuniam as condições necessárias para alguns portugueses fazerem as malas e partirem além-fronteiras. Daí os seus testemunhos (literários, artísticos) constituírem registos preciosos de um tempo icónico: a Belle Époque. Este artigo propõe uma reflexão transversal assente no legado deixado por alguns dos portugueses viajantes entre o final de século XIX e o início do século XX cruzando um fenómeno transversal à sociedade ocidental em mutação numa consideração da viagem como elemento de modernidade. Nesse sentido, e reunindo um conjunto de nomes da cultura portuguesa que experienciaram a saída para o estrangeiro, pretende-se perspetivar uma temática de mundividência autoral herdeira da viagem da Expansão Portuguesa cuja genealogia moldou o globo a uma escala planetária e de que o século XXI é herdeiro.
The great leisure travel movement that occurred in the 19th century came late to Portugal, largely due to the influence of the geo-political vicissitudes of the first half of the 19th century, particularly the French invasions and the consequent refuge of the Portuguese court to Brazil, as well as the subsequent liberal civil war. In this changing atmosphere, the foreign dimension became, for Portuguese nationals, an imperative that was more desired and sung about than experienced, so that it was only towards the end of the century that the necessary conditions were met for some Portuguese to pack their bags and set off across borders. Hence, their testimonies (literary and artistic) are precious records of an iconic time: the Belle Époque. This article proposes a transversal reflection based on the legacy left by some of the Portuguese travellers between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, crossing a phenomenon that is transversal to western society in mutation in a consideration of travel as an element of modernity. In this sense, and bringing together a set of names of Portuguese culture who experienced the journey abroad, it is intended to perspective a thematic of authorial worldview heir to the journey of the Portuguese Expansion whose genealogy shaped the globe on a planetary scale and which the twenty-first century is heir to.
The great leisure travel movement that occurred in the 19th century came late to Portugal, largely due to the influence of the geo-political vicissitudes of the first half of the 19th century, particularly the French invasions and the consequent refuge of the Portuguese court to Brazil, as well as the subsequent liberal civil war. In this changing atmosphere, the foreign dimension became, for Portuguese nationals, an imperative that was more desired and sung about than experienced, so that it was only towards the end of the century that the necessary conditions were met for some Portuguese to pack their bags and set off across borders. Hence, their testimonies (literary and artistic) are precious records of an iconic time: the Belle Époque. This article proposes a transversal reflection based on the legacy left by some of the Portuguese travellers between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, crossing a phenomenon that is transversal to western society in mutation in a consideration of travel as an element of modernity. In this sense, and bringing together a set of names of Portuguese culture who experienced the journey abroad, it is intended to perspective a thematic of authorial worldview heir to the journey of the Portuguese Expansion whose genealogy shaped the globe on a planetary scale and which the twenty-first century is heir to.
Original language | Portuguese |
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Pages (from-to) | 337-353 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Janus.net |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2022 |
Keywords
- Colonialism
- Exoticism
- Fin-de-siècle
- Painting
- Reports
- Tourism
- Turismo
- Exotismo
- Colonialismo
- Relatos
- Pintura