Ver demais: o terramoto de 1755 na literatura

Authors

  • Helena Carvalhão Buescu Universidade de Lisboa

Keywords:

eyewitness, visuality, melodramatic effect, narrative of the catastrophe, pathos

Abstract

This paper takes the experience of the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 as an event understandable within the key-concepts of a cultural memory: a traumatic event, in which "seeing too much" is directly related to "speaking too less". ln this context, to be an "eyewitness" of the Earthquake offers a priviledged setting in which to recapture some of the most interesting characteristics of the reading of this catastrophe: its sense of the out-of-the-ordinary, the necessity of a surviving account, the visuality of the narratives and the strengthening of the melodramatic effect.

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Author Biography

Helena Carvalhão Buescu, Universidade de Lisboa

Professora Catedrática da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, atuando na área de Literatura Comparada, com especialidade nos séculos XIX e XX. Vários J.\vros publicados, dentre os quais O Grande Terramoto de Lisboa. Ficar Diferente. E Membro da Academia Europaea.

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Published

2006-12-30

How to Cite

Carvalhão Buescu, H. (2006). Ver demais: o terramoto de 1755 na literatura. Converência Lusíada, 20(22), 17–40. Retrieved from https://convergencialusiada.com.br/rcl/article/view/647

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 22 (2006): Continuar, mudar, alcançar

Section

EFEMÉRIDES

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