THE CALL OF THE SIRENES A READING ESSAY OF HÉLIA CORREIA’S A CASA ETERNA

Authors

  • Maria António Hörster Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-847X_8_16

Keywords:

living in poetry, meta-literary and metalinguistic refl ections, intertextual relationships, Ulysses, classical and romantic myths about mermaids

Abstract

Hélia Correia’s novel A Casa Eterna [the eternal house] is approached here as an inquiry into the meaning of being a poet and living in poetry. Going beyond a mere sequence of testimonies on the protagonist’s life path, the narrator seeks to grasp the hidden, all-powerful motive behind poetic creation. The novel is rich in meta-literary and metalinguistic refl ections, and bears intertextual relationships to great works from Classical Antiquity, Portuguese literature, German literature, as well as to a later novella by the author herself.

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Published

2018-11-28

Issue

Vol. 8 (2018): Do Post-Modernismo ao Hipercontemporâneo: os caminhos das Literaturas em Língua Portuguesa

Section

Secção Não-Temática

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