Presentation about Portuguese Fiction - Fantasy and Science Fiction

1. By Cristina Alves
Rascunhos – https://osrascunhos.com
The Portuguese Portal - https://theportugueseportal.com
Portuguese Fiction
What is it? Where to find it?

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Portuguese Fiction
Cultural Mix
https://www.ricardocosta.com/cronologia-da-peninsula-iberica-379-1500

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The Sea - The Lusiads (1572)

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Cultural Mix – João Aguiar

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Cultural Mix – António de Macedo
“His ideas lead us into the fields of
gnosis, occult and alchemical
myths. This is at the heart of the
story, with its rituals, enchanted
ladies, dark knowledge, misty
mysteries, and millenary
knowledge contained in forbidden
codices.”
Artur Coelho, about Lovesenda

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Cultural Mix – António de Macedo

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A Maldição de Marialva (1991) – Marialva’s Curse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz_OjobEq4I
Os Emissários de Khalom (1987) – Khalom Emisssaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IImT6IvVCTQ
O Segredo das Pedras Vivas (2016) – The Secret of the Living Stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXha8ehkmiE
Cultural Mix – António de Macedo

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Our History

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Our History – Cultural Mix

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Our History – upside down

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The Cities

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The Cities

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“Desenrascanço”

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“Desenrascanço”

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More science fiction

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Nobel award

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Ataegina Award

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Conclusion
- Cultural Mix / unique
elements
- Our relation with the Sea
- Our History
- The cities
- “Desenrascanço” (unscramble /
pulling a MacGyver)
- “Saudade” (a sense of loss /
nostalgia)

19. For more news in Portuguese Fiction, you can follow The Portuguese Portal
(written in english)
https://theportugueseportal.com
But if you do know Portuguese, you can also follow
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Or contact me
acrisalves@gmail.com