Publication details
A massa a levedar: a imagem de Angola e Moçambique no Diário de Miguel Torga
| Title in English | A rising dough: the image of Angola and Mozambique in Miguel Torga's Diary |
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Études romanes de Brno |
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| Citation | |
| Web | Digitální knihovna FF MU |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/ERB2016-1-9 |
| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | Miguel Torga; Diary; colonial empire; colonial war; decolonisation |
| Description | We intend to reflect in this article Miguel Torga's impressions from his travel to Angola and Mozambique which the author captured in his Diary, cultivated between 1932 and 1994. Torga, who lived an important part of his adolescence in Brazil (1920–1925), was especially sensitive to the conditions of oppression, lack of freedom, intolerance and humiliation. In this regard, we will see Torga pondering about the former Portuguese Empire, finding contrasts in the Portugal of his time, rejecting wars that plagued the territories of the Portuguese Africa, and commenting on the decolonization process. An important portion of this thematic strand was created during his trip to Angola and Mozambique in 1973. Therefore, we hope to provide hints about Torga's understanding of the decolonization process, cultural respect and transmission of ethical values based on his diary entries. |
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