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A imagem da Índia e do Indiano nos comentários do Séc. XVII a’ Os Lusíadas
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Ao compor Os Lusíadas, Luís de Camões emprega um estilo cujo engenho e referências
nem sempre estão ao alcance do leitor não erudito e que, numa leitura desatenta, poderão
escapar. Com efeito, autores posteriores empregaram esforços com o objetivo de deixar
claras as intenções do poeta com tais referências, ao mesmo tempo que procuram
providenciar interpretações do poema. Estes trabalhos, que atestam o sucesso produzido
pela obra, constituem aquilo que reconhecemos como comentário ao seu poema.
Referindo-se neste âmbito, n’Os Lusíadas, em diferentes ocasiões, várias nacionalidades
ou povos, e sendo estas apresentadas a partir da perspetiva do poeta, os comentadores
viram-se forçados a debruçarem-se sobre tais gentes, discutindo aspetos como a sua
existência, crença, rituais e organização política, levando ao leitor o seu ponto de vista. O
nosso propósito é fazer uma leitura analítica de tais observações, incidindo
particularmente sobre o que é apontado acerca dos povos que habitaram no subcontinente
da Índia, quer reais, quer mitológicos, de modo a apurar quais as perceções que os
comentadores Manuel Correia, D. Marcos de S. Lourenço, Manuel de Faria e Sousa e
Manuel Pires de Almeida resolveram explicitar. A nossa análise permitirá compreender
qual a representação mental que estes comentadores têm dos habitantes daquele espaço,
o que se constituirá como uma imagem parcial relativa às perceções dos portugueses
quanto ao Outro no século XVII, uma vez que se trata de uma classe de indivíduos
integrados no âmbito do Império Português.
While writing Os Lusíadas, Luís de Camões employs a style of which the practices and references are not always accessible to the reader who is not learned and that, on an inattentive reading, may be out of their grasp. Indeed, later authors tried not only to make it clear to the reader what, how, on what basis, and which objectives underlaid such literary practices, but also tried to provide at the same time their own readings of the poem. Such works, which vouch the work’s success, constitute what we recognize as the comments to the poem. Given that Os Lusíadas refers, on varied occasions, several nationalities and peoples, and that these are presented in the poet’s perspective, commentators were compelled to elaborate on such folks, debating about their existence, beliefs, rituals, and political organization, leading the reader to their own perspectives. We intent to analytically read such observations, focusing particularly on what is pinpointed about the peoples that inhabited, at the time, the Indian subcontinent, including those real and those mythical, with the intent of explaining which perceptions aremade more explicit by Manuel Correia, D. Marcos de S. Lourenço, Manuel de Faria e Sousa and Manuel Pires de Almeida. We aim to understand which mental representations do these authors hold regarding the inhabitants of such space, which will be a partial image for the assessment of the Portuguese about the Other during the XVII century, since these people belong to the Portuguese Empire at the time.
While writing Os Lusíadas, Luís de Camões employs a style of which the practices and references are not always accessible to the reader who is not learned and that, on an inattentive reading, may be out of their grasp. Indeed, later authors tried not only to make it clear to the reader what, how, on what basis, and which objectives underlaid such literary practices, but also tried to provide at the same time their own readings of the poem. Such works, which vouch the work’s success, constitute what we recognize as the comments to the poem. Given that Os Lusíadas refers, on varied occasions, several nationalities and peoples, and that these are presented in the poet’s perspective, commentators were compelled to elaborate on such folks, debating about their existence, beliefs, rituals, and political organization, leading the reader to their own perspectives. We intent to analytically read such observations, focusing particularly on what is pinpointed about the peoples that inhabited, at the time, the Indian subcontinent, including those real and those mythical, with the intent of explaining which perceptions aremade more explicit by Manuel Correia, D. Marcos de S. Lourenço, Manuel de Faria e Sousa and Manuel Pires de Almeida. We aim to understand which mental representations do these authors hold regarding the inhabitants of such space, which will be a partial image for the assessment of the Portuguese about the Other during the XVII century, since these people belong to the Portuguese Empire at the time.
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Lusíadas Comentadores Indiano Interculturalidade Manuel Correia D. Marcos de S. Lourenço Manuel de Faria e Sousa Manuel Pires de Almeida Commentators Indian Interculturality Literatura, Cultura e Diversidade . Faculdade e Artes e Humanidades