Sumários

António Lobo Antunes

1 Dezembro 2015, 10:00 Helena Carvalhão Buescu

Discussion of: Lobo Antunes, The Return of the Caravels, Trad. Gregory Rabassa. New York, Grove Press, 2002.


Notions of: colonialism and post-colonialism; "retornados"; portuguese colonial war.


Eugénio de Andrade

26 Novembro 2015, 10:00 Helena Carvalhão Buescu

Reading and discussion of the following poems: 

Eugénio de Andrade, Selected Poetry (“Green God”, “Forbidden Words”, “Urgently”, “Words”), in: Forbidden Words: Selected Poetry of Eugenio de Andrade. Trad. Alexis Levitin. New York, New Directions, 2003.


Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

24 Novembro 2015, 10:00 Helena Carvalhão Buescu

Reading and discussion of the following poems: 


Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Selected Poetry (“We Will Rise”, “Art of Poetry II”, “25th April 1974”, “Lisbon”, “Letter(s) to Jorge de Sena”), in: Log Book: Selected Poems. Trad. Richard Zenith. UK, Carcanet Press, 1997. 


José Saramago

19 Novembro 2015, 10:00 Helena Carvalhão Buescu

Reading and discussion of the following short story: 
José Saramago, “The Centaur”, in: Passport to Portugal, Serpent´s Tail, London, 1994. 

Discussion on the concept of Myth.


Manuel da Fonseca

17 Novembro 2015, 10:00 Helena Carvalhão Buescu

Reading and discussion of the following short story: 

Manuel da Fonseca, “It´s Company”, in: Passport to Portugal, Serpent´s Tail, London, 1994.