MENSAGEM, BY PESSOA: A MODERN EPIC

Authors

  • José Clécio Basílio Quesado Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Letras

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2175-3180.v8i15p66-71

Keywords:

Portuguese Literature, Fernando Pessoa, Message, Epic, Modernity

Abstract

This article aims at presenting Fernando Pessoa’s Message (Mensagem) as a manifestation of the Modern Epic Model which starts from the historic void of the longed-for Fifth Empire and fills it with the myth of The Hidden One (O Encoberto). In order to do so, the paper looks into the way the transcendent alterity theme is articulated with its consequent messianic propositions by means of the occurrence of semantic forms like naus (ships), mares (seas) and the pronoun outro (other). Taking the literary sequence into consideration, the article reveals the poem’s dialogical articulation with the Renaissance Epic Model of The Lusiads (Os lusíadas) by Camões.

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Author Biography

  • José Clécio Basílio Quesado, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Letras
    Professor Associado de Literatura Portuguesa, da Univerisidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

References

QUESADO, Clécio. Mensagem, de Pessoa: labirintos de um poema. Rio Bonito, Almádena. 2014.

SILVA, Anazildo Vasconcelos da. Semiotização literária do discurso, Rio de Janeiro, ELO, 1984.

Published

2016-08-16

How to Cite

Quesado, J. C. B. (2016). MENSAGEM, BY PESSOA: A MODERN EPIC. Revista Desassossego, 8(15), 66-71. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2175-3180.v8i15p66-71