CARLOS DE OLIVEIRA E OS CONTOS TRADICIONAIS PORTUGUESES

Abstract

THE AIM OF THIS WORK IS TO COMPARE THE CHAPTER XIX OF THE NOVEL CASA NA DUNA, BY CARLOS DE OLIVEIRA, WITH ITS MAIN POPULAR ORIGINS (TWO TRADITIONAL PORTUGUESE SHORT STORIES: "O CEGO E O MEALHEIRO" AND "AS BARRAS DE OURO"), TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER REFINED INTERPRETATION (THE SHORT STORY "O TESOURO", BY EÇA DE QUEIRÓS). THE ASPECT ANALYZED FOCALIZES ON THE EPISODE OF THE GOLDEN PAN IN THE CARLOS OLIVEIRA'S NOVEL, WHOSE THEME, THE AVARICE, HAS ROUSED SEVERAL RE-READINGS THROUGHOUT THE LITERARY TRADITION.