Eça de Queirós: The Idiosyncrasies of a Young Blonde Woman

13 Outubro 2016, 10:00 • Helena Carvalhão Buescu

The author and his time (historical, political, social and aesthetic contextualization).

Movie screening and discussion of Manoel de Oliveira's adaptation (2009) of the homonymous short story. 

The importance of narrative strategies (an opaque narration without a deep psychological analysis), the following or breaking with literary conventions (Romanticism VS Realism), the critique of Portuguese society (money and appearances, the rising bourgeoisie) and the structure of the plot (paralelism with the Greek tragedy).