MEMOIRS OF A DISASTROUS DINNER: METONYMY OF FAMILY RUIN
<em><span lang="EN-US">O esplendor de Portugal </span></em><span lang="EN-US">(1997), work of the ficcionist António Lobo Antunes, portrays the members of the same family from different angles. The mother, Isilda, lives in Angola. The three children...
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| description | <em><span lang="EN-US">O esplendor de Portugal </span></em><span lang="EN-US">(1997), work of the ficcionist António Lobo Antunes, portrays the members of the same family from different angles. The mother, Isilda, lives in Angola. The three children, whose childhood was lived in Africa, live in Portugal now. The oldest brother, Carlos, decides to promote a meeting among siblings during Christmas in 1995. When analyzed under the trio’s perspective, the novel’s plot happens on December 24, presenting sometimes Carlos’ expectation of the possible arrival of his siblings, sometimes the considerations of Rui and Clarisse about the invitation – which, at the end, they ignored. Considering specially the character of Carlos, we intend in this present work, to observe how surprise, expectation and disappointment take place around the Christmas supper – and how its non-occurrence seals the definitive disintegration of the family unit.</span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-294cbb24b9d54685bea84bb64894f0232022-12-21T20:32:12ZporUniversidade Federal FluminenseAbril1984-20902014-04-0161210MEMOIRS OF A DISASTROUS DINNER: METONYMY OF FAMILY RUINMariana Neto Silva Andrade0Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)<em><span lang="EN-US">O esplendor de Portugal </span></em><span lang="EN-US">(1997), work of the ficcionist António Lobo Antunes, portrays the members of the same family from different angles. The mother, Isilda, lives in Angola. The three children, whose childhood was lived in Africa, live in Portugal now. The oldest brother, Carlos, decides to promote a meeting among siblings during Christmas in 1995. When analyzed under the trio’s perspective, the novel’s plot happens on December 24, presenting sometimes Carlos’ expectation of the possible arrival of his siblings, sometimes the considerations of Rui and Clarisse about the invitation – which, at the end, they ignored. Considering specially the character of Carlos, we intend in this present work, to observe how surprise, expectation and disappointment take place around the Christmas supper – and how its non-occurrence seals the definitive disintegration of the family unit.</span>http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/14O esplendor de Portugalrelações familiaresceia |
| spellingShingle | Mariana Neto Silva Andrade MEMOIRS OF A DISASTROUS DINNER: METONYMY OF FAMILY RUIN Abril O esplendor de Portugal relações familiares ceia |
| title | MEMOIRS OF A DISASTROUS DINNER: METONYMY OF FAMILY RUIN |
| title_full | MEMOIRS OF A DISASTROUS DINNER: METONYMY OF FAMILY RUIN |
| title_fullStr | MEMOIRS OF A DISASTROUS DINNER: METONYMY OF FAMILY RUIN |
| title_full_unstemmed | MEMOIRS OF A DISASTROUS DINNER: METONYMY OF FAMILY RUIN |
| title_short | MEMOIRS OF A DISASTROUS DINNER: METONYMY OF FAMILY RUIN |
| title_sort | memoirs of a disastrous dinner metonymy of family ruin |
| topic | O esplendor de Portugal relações familiares ceia |
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