Abstract
This paper brings the first results of a research project on the use of the rhetorical and poetical machinery of Antiquity during the troublesome Portuguese 18th century, as well as its impact on the Portuguese American colony. We propose that the Early Modernity used discursive elements from the Ancient World as an instrument for the practical and symbolic construction of a specific discourse on the conflicts taking place in the colonies, and we take the proem of O Uraguay, by Basilio da Gama, as an example for the observation and analysis of this phenomenon.
| Translated title of the contribution | Basílio da Gama's O Uraguay: colonial political and rhetorical issues between Antiquity and Modernity |
|---|---|
| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 311-334 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Agora - Estudos Classicos em Debate |
| Volume | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2022 |
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Keywords
- Basilio da Gama
- Early Modern Period
- Multilinguismo
- O Uraguay
- Poesia Épica
- Portuguese America
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Classics
- Literature and Literary Theory
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