Poemas de Ossian ou o primitivismo como forma

Authors

  • Thiago Rhys Bezerra Cass Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1769.mag.2012.48473

Keywords:

Ossian, Primitivism, Scotland, Eighteenth Century.

Abstract

In this essay, I will explain how James Macpherson, in his fake translations of the “Poems of Ossian”, was able to create a new literary genre: primitivism. This genre, born of the meeting of epic and lyrical poetry, was presented to the readers of the eighteenth century as a complete and definitive fusion of form, language, themes, of the values engraved within the text, and of the age in which the story took place. I will also discuss how the development of this new literary genre was intimately related to the social, political and cultural background of eighteenthcentury Scotland

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Author Biography

  • Thiago Rhys Bezerra Cass, Universidade de São Paulo
    Mestrando em Teoria Literária e Literatura Comparada (DTLLC-FFLCH-USP). Bolsista do CNPq.

Published

2012-12-19

Issue

Section

Ensaios

How to Cite

Cass, T. R. B. (2012). Poemas de Ossian ou o primitivismo como forma. Magma, 10, 98-107. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1769.mag.2012.48473