Narratologia genettiana e ponto de vista nos Ricardos Reis de Pessoa e de Saramago.

Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa claimed that he did not evolve, but rather travelled. This book
provides a state of the art panorama of Pessoa's literary travels, particularly in the English-speaking
world. Its eighteen short, jargon-free essays were written by the most distinguished Pessoa scholars
across the globe. They explore the influence on Pessoa's thinking of such writers as Whitman and
Shakespeare, as well as his creative dialogues with figures ranging from decadent poets to the dark
magician Aleister Crowley, and, finally, some of the ways in which he in turn has influenced others.
They examine many different aspects of Pessoa's work, ranging from the poetry of the heteronyms to
the haunting prose of The Book of Disquiet, from esoteric writings to personal letters, from reading
notes to unpublished texts. Fernando Pessoa's Modernity Without Frontiers is a valuable introduction
to this multifaceted modern master, intended for both students of modern literature and general
readers interested in one of its major figures.

Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) is perhaps the most engaging of the great Western modernists of this
century. Born in Portugal but raised and educated in southern Africa, Pessoa wrote poetry, fiction,
and nonfiction.

George Monteiro provides refreshingly new interpretations of Pessoa's Mensagem (Message) and

the modernist novella 0 Banqueiro Anarquista (The Anarchist Banker). But he is primarily interested
in tracing Pessoa's influence on a wide range of contemporary writers.

Among those Monteiro finds putting Pessoa's work to their own surprising―and sometimes
comic―uses are Joyce Carol Oates, Allen Ginsberg, John Wain, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and earlier
poets including Thomas Merton, Edouard Roditi, and Roy Campbell. In addition, the complete text of
Campbell's pioneering biocritical study of Pessoa is published here for the first time.

Tudo o que chega, chega sempre por alguma razão. Muitas frases de Fernando Pessoa são
comumente consideradas reflexões úteis para a vida. As 140 citações contidas neste ABC
testemunham o gênio e apresentam o homem por trás do mito. Com temas tão diversos
como a vida, o envelhecimento e a morte; o amor, o desejo e o ódio; a escrita, a leitura, o
sonho e a viagem, esta obra é um tesouro de sensibilidade e de sabedoria retirada da poesia
e prosa de Pessoa e seus heterônimos.
The past decades have seen a growing “philosophical” interest in a number of authors, but
strangely enough Saramago’s oeuvre has been left somewhat aside. This volume aims at
filling this gap by providing a diverse range of philosophical perspectives and expositions
on Saramago’s work. The chapters explore some possible issues arising from his works:
from his use of Plato’s allegory of the cave to his re-readings of Biblical stories; from his
critique and “reinvention” of philosophy of history to his allegorical exploration of
alternative histories; from his humorous approach to our being-towards-death to the
revolutionary political charge of his fiction. The essays here confront Saramago’s fiction
with concepts, theories, and suggestions belonging to various philosophical traditions and
philosophers including Plato, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Freud, Benjamin, Heidegger, Lacan,
Foucault, Patočka, Derrida, Agamben, and Žižek.
The past decades have seen a growing “philosophical” interest in a number of authors, but
strangely enough Saramago’s oeuvre has been left somewhat aside. This volume aims at
filling this gap by providing a diverse range of philosophical perspectives and expositions
on Saramago’s work. The chapters explore some possible issues arising from his works:
from his use of Plato’s allegory of the cave to his re-readings of Biblical stories; from his
critique and “reinvention” of philosophy of history to his allegorical exploration of
alternative histories; from his humorous approach to our being-towards-death to the
revolutionary political charge of his fiction. The essays here confront Saramago’s fiction
with concepts, theories, and suggestions belonging to various philosophical traditions and
philosophers including Plato, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Freud, Benjamin, Heidegger, Lacan,
Foucault, Patočka, Derrida, Agamben, and Žižek.
Pessoa e Saramago
«Ainda que firmados em dois projetos literários diferentes, em dois tempos mentais
diferentes, quase antagónicos, se não mesmo contraditórios, duas caraterísticas são comuns
a Pessoa e a Saramago: A total transgressão dos códigos estéticos do seu tempo, balizando
um novo vinco na história da literatura; Uma representação absolutamente original da
língua, do homem e da sociedade Pessoa, da crise do sujeito literário e existencial do
princípio do século, respondendo com a originalíssima multiplicação da identidade autoral
e narrativa; Saramago, da situação crítica do mundo ocidental no final do século,
postulando uma escrita que funde o romance com o ensaio, uma escrita que não intenta
apenas revelar o mundo, mas sobretudo, usando a sua visão pessoal do mundo,
problematizá-lo, complexificando o estatuto do narrador, incorporando neste o autor.»É
assim que Miguel Real, conhecido ficcionista, crítico literário e ensaísta, que há mais de
vinte anos se dedica ao estudo de autores e pensadores portugueses, resume o presente
ensaio que, partindo de uma conferência realizada no México, trata do que é próprio e afim.
Ricardo Reis foi o segundo heterГґnimo criado por Fernando Pessoa, depois de Alberto
Caeiro e antes de Álvaro de Campos — e é o mais clássico de todos eles. Suas odes
refletem um espГrito rigoroso, que defendia a ausГЄncia de desejos e o autodomГnio como
receita de sabedoria. A severidade de sua postura criou uma poesia precisa, de mГ©trica
calculada.
“Poesia é uma música que se faz com idéias”, escreveu Reis, “e por isso
com palavras.”