Myth in fiction: around A cidade de Ulisses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34624/fb.v0i21.41596Keywords:
tyrannicide, Judith, Israel, woman, nationalism, liberationAbstract
This article presents an analysis of the novel A cidade de Ulisses, by Teolinda Gersão (2017), aiming to understand how recent Portuguese fiction has revisited both past and current history through its founding myths. It examines how the reconfiguration of the myth of Ulysses is carried out in this narrative authored by a woman, presupposing that such revisitation becomes an opportunity to, on the one hand, highlight a discussion around the woes caused by colonization and its ramifications (Real, 2012), and on the other hand, to address the condition of women. In order to trace the myth’s traces and ascertain its update in relation to what was described, it first undertakes a theoretical journey around the definition of myth, as proposed
by Eliade (2000) and Pimentel (2008). Secondly, as in Teolinda Gersão’s narrative, the myth is reconfigured within the city space where personal and collective memories intertwine, bringing into discussion issues related to geographical and symbolic space, as well as memory, identity, and power, according to authors such as Candau (2021), Febvre (2009), and Foucault (2007).
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