From painting to novel

30 Abril 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria da Cunha Rosa Fernandes

From painting to novel: Vermeer to Tracy Chevalier.

Johannes Vermeer's career, main features of his works and an analysis of his painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring".

Introduction to Chevalier's homonymous novel: genesis and characteristics of the text. 

Questions of adaptation: the importance of the choice of narrator and point of view. Classification of types of narrators and points of view. 

Scenes and narration. Descriptions of characters. The importance of the use of similes with visual suggestions throughout the novel.