Viajar com a imaginação: Jonathan Swift e Luís Caetano Altina de Campos

This paper takes the comparison benveen two XVIIIth Centurynarratives of imaginary travels (Gulliver's travels by Joantahn Swiftand As Viagens de Altina by Luís Catenano Altina de Campos) asa starting point for a discussion of some very widely diffused ideasat the time. ln spite of the fact tha...

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Autor: Anastácio, Vanda
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Brasil
Institución:Real Gabinete Português de Leitura (RGPL)
Repositorio:Convergência Lusíada (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.convergencia.emnuvens.com.br:article/656
Acceso en línea:https://www.convergencialusiada.com.br/rcl/article/view/656
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Travel literature
Comparative Literature
Jonathan Swift
Counter-Enlightenment
Luís Caetano Altina de Campos
Literatura de viagens
Literatura Comparada
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Sumario:This paper takes the comparison benveen two XVIIIth Centurynarratives of imaginary travels (Gulliver's travels by Joantahn Swiftand As Viagens de Altina by Luís Catenano Altina de Campos) asa starting point for a discussion of some very widely diffused ideasat the time. ln spite of the fact that we are dealing with worksproduced with more than 20 years interval in different geographicalareas, both narra tives challenge the ideia of Progress, and theenthusiasm with the achievements of Mankind, showing, in fact,the reverse side of what we today call Enlightenment.