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A mitologia clássica representou, e continua a representar, um elemento importante da história cultural da Europa. Em períodos diferentes e com funções diversas, os deuses reapareceram na literatura, na filosofia ou nas artes europeias, e contribuíram, assim, significativamente para a formação da moderna consciência europeia. A primeira parte deste artigo consiste numa observação breve de alguns dos momentos historicamente mais expressivos de revitalização mitológica. Na segunda parte do ensaio, pretende-se uma identificação de dois momentos de reaparecimento da mitologia clássica em Portugal, contextualizando particularmente “o regresso dos deuses” em Fernando Pessoa e em Sophia Mello Breyner Andresen. Na medida em que assumem uma função concreta num ambiente de desassossegos transcendentais e de inquietações socioculturais, os deuses não representam simplesmente alguns hóspedes fugazes dentro da poesia ou prosa de Pessoa e de Sophia Mello Breyner Andresen. Ou seja, pretende-se, concretamente, um entendimento da função dos deuses na obra dos dois.
Classical mythology has been and remains an important element in Europe's cultural history. At different times and with different functions, the gods reappeared in European literature, philosophy or arts, and contributed significantly to the formation of modern European consciousness. The first part of the article contains a brief observation of some of the most significant moments of mythological revivals in Europe. The second part of the essay aims to identify two moments of a re-emergence of classical mythology in Portugal, particularly contextualizing "the return of the gods" in Fernando Pessoa and Sophia Mello Breyner Andresen. Bearing in mind that they assume a concrete function in an environment of transcendental disquiet and socio-cultural agitation, the gods do not simply represent some transitory guests within the poetry or prose of Pessoa and Sophia Mello Breyner Andresen. In other words, the second part aims to understand concretely the function of the gods in the work of these two Portuguese poets.
Classical mythology has been and remains an important element in Europe's cultural history. At different times and with different functions, the gods reappeared in European literature, philosophy or arts, and contributed significantly to the formation of modern European consciousness. The first part of the article contains a brief observation of some of the most significant moments of mythological revivals in Europe. The second part of the essay aims to identify two moments of a re-emergence of classical mythology in Portugal, particularly contextualizing "the return of the gods" in Fernando Pessoa and Sophia Mello Breyner Andresen. Bearing in mind that they assume a concrete function in an environment of transcendental disquiet and socio-cultural agitation, the gods do not simply represent some transitory guests within the poetry or prose of Pessoa and Sophia Mello Breyner Andresen. In other words, the second part aims to understand concretely the function of the gods in the work of these two Portuguese poets.
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Europa História cultural mitologia clássica Fernando Pessoa Sophia Mello Breyner Andresen Europe Cultural history Classical mythology