Love at the center of the journey

Authors

  • Teresa Cerdeira Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) / CNPq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37508/rcl.2025.nEsp.a1349

Keywords:

Epic, Pastoral, Love, Os Lusíadas

Abstract

The proposal to read the Canto IX of Os Lusíadas as a central piece of the Camonian poem allows not necessarily for an inversion but certainly for a more complex reconfiguration of the poem’s ideological axis. Rather than merely praising a past conquest (which, as part of the epic tradition, it undeniably does), this perspective emphasizes its role as a utopian celebration of a redemptive harmony—one that would inscribe a different destiny for History, marked by Love.

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Author Biography

Teresa Cerdeira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) / CNPq

Professora emérita da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e pesquisadora do CNPq. Foi regente da Cátedra Jorge de Sena da UFRJ entre 2005 e 2011 e editora da revista Metamorfoses. É autora dos seguintes livros de ensaios: José Saramago: Entre a História e a ficção, ma saga de portugueses (1989-2019), O Avesso do Bordado (2000); A Mão que escreve (2012); A Tela da Dama (2013), Formas de ler (2020).

References

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MACEDO, Helder. “A poética da verdade d’Os Lusíadas. In: GIL, Fernando; MACEDO, Helder. Viagens do olhar. Retrospecção, Visão e Profecia no Renascimento Português. Porto: Campo das Letras, 1998. p. 121-141.

MACEDO, Helder. Camões e a viagem iniciática. Rio de Janeiro: Móbile, 2013.

MOURÃO-FERREIRA, David. Obra poética. Amadora, Bertrand, 1980. v. 2. CAMÕES, Luís de. Os Lusíadas. Porto: Porto Editora, 1977.

capa da Convergência Lusíada Especial sobre Camões - parte 1

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Published

2025-06-22

How to Cite

Cerdeira, T. (2025). Love at the center of the journey. Converência Lusíada, 36(Esp.), 155–166. https://doi.org/10.37508/rcl.2025.nEsp.a1349

Issue

Vol. 36 No. Esp. (2025): Five hundred Camões, the reverberated poet – 1

Section

Arts and manners

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Copyright (c) 2025 Teresa Cerdeira

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