Modernism in English and Portuguese literature
British Art – Convergence
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Date
- 18:00 / Cancelled 18:00 / Sold out Monday, 18:00
Location
Room 1 Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationLed by António M. Feijó, this talk is based on the parallel between the almost simultaneous publication, in Portugal and England, of the two great magazines of literary and artistic avant-garde.
‘BLAST, review of the great English vortex’, edited by Wyndham Lewis, had its first issue published in London on 20 June 1914 and its second and last issue on 1 July 1915. In Lisbon, ‘ORPHEU’ published its first issue on 24 March 1915 and its second and final issue at the end of June 1915, this time under the direction of Mário de Sá-Carneiro and Fernando Pessoa. Both magazines had a third issue planned, but it never came to fruition.
The session will take place in Portuguese, with simultaneous translation into English and interpretation into Portuguese Sign Language.
Speakers
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António M. Feijó
António M. Feijó is the President of the Board of Trustees of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation since May 2022. He is a Professor in the Department of English Studies and in the Theory of Literature Programme at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon. He was Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, Vice-Rector and Pro-Rector of the University of Lisbon. He was also Director of the University of Lisbon Press and of the University Magazine. He holds a PhD in English and North American Literature from Brown University (1985) and an MA in English and North American Literature from the State University of New York at Albany (1979). Feijó has written books and essays on topics in English, North American, and Portuguese Literature, as well as translations and stage dramaturgies (Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’, ‘Hamlet’ and ‘King Lear’; works by Oscar Wilde and Fernando Pessoa, inter alia).
Programme
18:00 / Introduction
18:05 / Modernism in English and Portuguese literature
19:15 / Q&A
19:30 / Closing
Credits
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David Bomberg, Ghetto Theatre, 1920. Collection Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
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