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Under the sign of disharmony: family conflicts in Agustina Bessa-Luís fiction
| Resumo: | In Agustina Bessa-Luís’ novels, family stories are often shaped by episodes of exposed or veiled violence expressed in marital conflicts and blood relations.This paper has two main purposes: 1) To show that Agustina’s novels fully accomplish the writer’s assertion in Caderno de Significados: “Family in my books has a very significant place. Not so much as an institution, but as a support of loneliness; 2) To identify the most significant family disputes in the author’s novels, namely those found in As Grandes Mudanças, Eugénia e Silvina, and Vale Abraão. |
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| Autores principais: | Mendes, Maria do Carmo Cardoso |
| Assunto: | Agustina Bessa-Luís família conflitos Agustina Bessa-Luís family conflicts |
| Ano: | 2015 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Departamento de Línguas e Culturas da Universidade de Aveiro |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Forma Breve |
| Resumo: | In Agustina Bessa-Luís’ novels, family stories are often shaped by episodes of exposed or veiled violence expressed in marital conflicts and blood relations.This paper has two main purposes: 1) To show that Agustina’s novels fully accomplish the writer’s assertion in Caderno de Significados: “Family in my books has a very significant place. Not so much as an institution, but as a support of loneliness; 2) To identify the most significant family disputes in the author’s novels, namely those found in As Grandes Mudanças, Eugénia e Silvina, and Vale Abraão. |
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