THE COMMUNITY IMAGINATED IN THE SARAMAGUIAN HISTORIOGRAPHIC METAFICTION "THE ELEPHANT'S JOURNEY" AND THE RELATIONS WITH THE NEW HISTORY

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https://doi.org/10.26512/aguaviva.v4i1.17757

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Saramago. New History. Historiographic metafiction. Imagined community.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss the concepts of New History, historiographic metafiction and imagined community, relating them to the narrative The Elephant's journey (2008), by the Portuguese writer José Saramago (1922-2010). This one, inspired by the ideas of Annales school, constitutes, by means of his narrative, a critical look at the paradigms of the traditional history, which, according to the author, is piecemeal and partial, ideologically compromised. From the intersections between literature and history, Saramago revisits and interprets the past in his work, through his critical-reflective discourse.

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Rafael Victor Rosa Oliveira, UNILA

The purpose of this article is to discuss the concepts of New History, historiographic metafiction and imagined community, relating them to the narrative The Elephant's journey (2008), by the Portuguese writer José Saramago (1922-2010). This one, inspired by the ideas of Annales school, constitutes, by means of his narrative, a critical look at the paradigms of the traditional history, which, according to the author, is piecemeal and partial, ideologically compromised. From the intersections between literature and history, Saramago revisits and interprets the past in his work, through his critical-reflective discourse.

Felipe dos Santos Matias, UNILA

Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA), atuando na Graduação e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura Comparada. Doutor em Letras - Estudos Literários pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), com período sanduíche (bolsa CAPES PDSE) na Universidade de Coimbra (UC), Portugal. Mestre em Letras pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Graduado em Letras Português/Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa pela mesma instituição. Tem experiência e publicações na área de Letras, com ênfase no ensino e pesquisa referentes às Literaturas em Língua Portuguesa e Português Língua Estrangeira/Adicional. Participa do Núcleo de Estudos Portugueses e do grupo de pesquisa Imaginários Latino-Americanos.

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2019-06-28

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OLIVEIRA, Rafael Victor Rosa; MATIAS, Felipe dos Santos. THE COMMUNITY IMAGINATED IN THE SARAMAGUIAN HISTORIOGRAPHIC METAFICTION "THE ELEPHANT’S JOURNEY" AND THE RELATIONS WITH THE NEW HISTORY. Revista Água Viva, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 1, 2019. DOI: 10.26512/aguaviva.v4i1.17757. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/aguaviva/article/view/17757. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019): Revista Água Viva

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