Sombra que sempre me assombras: contos de Branquinho da Fonseca e Tomaz de Figueiredo
Title in English | Haunting shadows: short-stories by Branquinho da Fonseca and Tomaz de Figueiredo |
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Year of publication | 2018 |
Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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Description | The aim of the paper is to analyze the shadow motif which is one of the permanent archetypal images in the fiction of Branquinho da Fonseca (1905-1974) and Tomaz de Figueiredo (1902-1970). In the short-stories of these writers, it is treated not only as a description device, suggesting a specific, mysterious atmosphere, but also as an uncanny motif of the double or haunting. Beside a contextual approach, this paper focuses on two homonymous short-stories “A Sombra” (“A shadow”, 1945) by Branquinho da Fonseca and “A Sombra” (“A shadow”, 1934) by Tomaz de Figueiredo. |