THE “CARTAS PORTUGUESAS” (PORTUGUESE LETTERS) AND THE TRADITION OF THE “UNREQUITED LOVE" IN THE PORTUGUESE LITERATURE OF FEMALE VOICE

Authors

  • Priscila Finger do Prado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/rl&l.v11i21.3771

Keywords:

Cartas portuguesas, Amor infeliz, Literatura Portuguesa, Voz feminina.

Abstract

Inserted in the perspective of literary studies, this paper proposes an analysis of the “Cartas Portuguesas” (Portuguese Letters), a work attributed to Mariana Alcoforado, assuming that this work is constituted within the Lusitanian literature as an important formative element of the imaginary loving Portuguese female voice. Through the study, it is possible to identify the fact that the letters are prefaced, stylistically or thematically, by the songs of love and of friend, and succeeded by works such as “Livro de Sóror Saudade” (Book of Longing Sóror), of Florbela Espanca, and “Novas Cartas Portuguesas” (New Portuguese Letters) by Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Velho da Costa and Maria Teresa Horta.

Published

29/11/2010

Issue

Section

Estudos Literários

How to Cite

PRADO, Priscila Finger do. THE “CARTAS PORTUGUESAS” (PORTUGUESE LETTERS) AND THE TRADITION OF THE “UNREQUITED LOVE" IN THE PORTUGUESE LITERATURE OF FEMALE VOICE. Línguas & Letras, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 21, 2010. DOI: 10.5935/rl&l.v11i21.3771. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/linguaseletras/article/view/3771. Acesso em: 11 sep. 2026.