Hailed by some as a great poetic spirit of our time, labelled by others as a mere juggler, Jean Cocteau has remained an unexplained writer up to this day. However, if we heed his dramatic work, and more precisely his play The Infernal Machine, we realise he is a deeply modem author and has participated actively in the dramatic renewal of the 20'h century. By renewing the classical myth of Oedipus accordin...
In this short story by Hélia Correia, a nameless figure, whose existence depends solely on her condition of woman and mother, emerges throughout the narrative. Considered to be a sinner, she is judged and condemned by a society searching for social and moral balance, and devotes herself to rituals of sacrifice and penance. It is, however, through rebellion and her love for her daughter that she reenacts the sac...
The writer Camilo Castelo Branco (1825-1890) was not born in Porto, but it was in this citythat he lived most of his life, using it as the setting for many of his novels. Within the scope of cultural tourism, this article suggests a literary itinerary, having Camilo and Porto as its central theme. This itinerary was created by connecting the most significant places attended by him, with relevant aspects of his ...
This work studies creative literary tourism, as well as the potential of this type of tourism for tourist destinations, in general, and for literary tourists, in particular. ways that this tourism can enhance benefits to tourist destinations and literary tourists. Thus, the reflection is divided into two parts: the first, the most theoretical component, focuses on considerations that delimit the concept of crea...
Apesar de não ter nascido no Porto, o escritor Camilo Castelo Branco (1825-1890) passou grande parte da sua vida nesta cidade, usando-a como espaço de muitos dos seus romances. Numa vertente direcionada ao turismo cultural, este artigo centra-se na sugestão de um itinerário literário, tendo como tema central Camilo e o Porto. Para isso, procedeu-se ao levantamento dos locais mais significativos da permanência d...
Este trabalho estuda o turismo literário criativo, bem como as potencialidades deste tipo de turismo para os destinos turísticos, em geral, e para os turistas literários, em específico, e as formas como este turismo pode potencializar benefícios par os destinos turísticos e os turistas literários. Deste modo, a reflexão encontra-se dividida em duas partes: a primeira, de índole mais teórica, incide sobre consid...
Les héros du Grand Meaulnes et du Pays où l’on n’arrive jamais sont envahis par un esprit d’enfance et ne supportent donc pas le monde tel qu’il se présente. En prise à une douleur profonde, ils prennent l’envol vers des contrées mystérieuses et inconnues, dans leur désir d’accéder à l’insaisissable. Alain-Fournier et André Dhôtel nous invitent donc à découvrir un monde autre, où le magique est intégré à la réa...
O presente volume da RUA-L, Revista da Universidade de Aveiro – Letras, a que demos o título de Literatura & Etc., resulta de um projeto que, na sua origem, visava promover a dissolução das fronteiras entre o contexto académico, onde habitualmente se desenvolve o estudo do texto literário, e a leitura experienciada pela comunidade extra-académica, procurando, deste modo, devolver ao leitor comum a visão ren...
This article explores the relationship between tourism and literature, assuming that the work and life of an author may be the basis for creating itineraries that encourage the tourism development of places through literature, leading to the sustainability of regional values. The life and work of José Régio are decisively marked by its passage through Portalegre, where he taught and lived a significan...