“SER A PÁGINA DE UM LIVRO” – BERNARDO SOARES COMO PERSONAGEM E LIVRO

Daniela Côrtes Maduro

doi:10.14195/2183-847X_5_20

Authors

Daniela Côrtes Maduro CLP, University of Coimbra | Bremen University (Post-doctoral fellow)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-847X_5_20

Keywords:

Bernardo Soares, Book of Disquiet, Character

Abstract

The present article aims to describe Bernardo Soares as a character. Since Bernardo Soares is a character (or a “semi-heteronym”, or a “literary character”) created by Fernando Pessoa, but also the one that writes, I intend to make clear the link between the writer-protagonist and his own book. Furthermore, I aim to demonstrate that the process of construction of the incomplete Book of Disquiet is inevitably linked to this character’s building process. Subjects such as book’s materiality, editorial work, authorship and literary creation will be addressed throughout this article.

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Author Biography

Daniela Côrtes Maduro, CLP, University of Coimbra | Bremen University (Post-doctoral fellow)

Her research has been focused on electronic literature, science fiction and cyberculture. She has concluded her Master’s Degree in Anglo-American Studies (University of Coimbra) with the thesis titled A Creature Made of Bits: Illusion and Materiality in the hyperfiction Patchwork Girl by Shelley Jackson (2009). Presently she is a PhD student in the Doctoral Program «Advanced Studies in the Materialities of Literature» (University of Coimbra) and holds an individual doctoral grant awarded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology). She is a trainee member of the Centre for Portuguese Literature at the University of Coimbra, and team member of the research project «No Problem Has a Solution: A Digital Archive of The Book of Disquiet» (PTDC/CLE-LLI/118713/2010).