Poets of the 20th century
24 Novembro 2016, 10:00 • Helena Carvalhão Buescu
Reading and discussion of "To Love" by Florbela Espanca; "Standing at Fearful Attention" by Alexandre O'Neill; "Historical Truth" by Ana Luísa Amaral; "The Complete Poetry of Marianne Moore" by José Tolentino Mendonça; "We Will Rise" and "25th April 1974" by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen; "Green God" by Eugénio de Andrade.
Main topics: unconventional, free love (Espanca); fear and dissolution of the individual (O'Neill); the poetic weight of daily life (Amaral); storytelling and transcendence over factuality and utilitarianism (Mendonça); hope against repression (Andresen); a rewriting of a lyrical poem (pastoral tradition) by Camões (Andrade).