A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"

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Autor(a) principal: Luís, Carla Sofia Gomes Xavier
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Luís, Alexandre António da Costa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
DOI: 10.58155/revistadeletras.v1i6.421
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.58155/revistadeletras.v1i6.421
Resumo: The profile of the Portuguese as travelers, emigrants, adventurers, among other aspects, usually seeking fortune, is widely mentioned by various sources. Among the panoply of travel writings written by Portuguese authors in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, as a result of wanderings through various places around the world, it is imperative to highlight the Peregrinação by Fernão Mendes Pinto (who was a soldier of fortune, pirate, merchant, agent and diplomat for 21 years in Ethiopia, Persia, Malaya, India, Burma, Siam, Cochinchina, China and Japan), printed in Lisbon, in 1614, 31 years after the death of its writer. This work, which was unquestionably a “bestseller” in the 17th century and which has proved to be an attractive source of intertextual dialogue, has several editions, global or partial reprints, translations and brings together numerous works of critical analysis about it, becoming the object of readings, rereadings and even some rectifications, especially in what concerns the topics of credibility and historicity. Focusing our attention on such a monument of Portuguese and universal travel literature, we seek, with this article, to X-ray some of the features that build the portrait with which the Portuguese are displayed, reproducing the same exercise in relation to the several Asian cultures and civilizations exposed in the account of the “adventurer-penitent” that was Fernão Mendes Pinto, who, undoubtedly, when in contact with different realities, collected incredible experiences and life lessons, performed countless tasks and missions and extracted a universalism that runs through the Peregrinação.
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spelling A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"Um olhar de relance sobre o retrato dos portugueses e dos "outros" na obra "Peregrinação" de Fernão Mendes PintoThe profile of the Portuguese as travelers, emigrants, adventurers, among other aspects, usually seeking fortune, is widely mentioned by various sources. Among the panoply of travel writings written by Portuguese authors in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, as a result of wanderings through various places around the world, it is imperative to highlight the Peregrinação by Fernão Mendes Pinto (who was a soldier of fortune, pirate, merchant, agent and diplomat for 21 years in Ethiopia, Persia, Malaya, India, Burma, Siam, Cochinchina, China and Japan), printed in Lisbon, in 1614, 31 years after the death of its writer. This work, which was unquestionably a “bestseller” in the 17th century and which has proved to be an attractive source of intertextual dialogue, has several editions, global or partial reprints, translations and brings together numerous works of critical analysis about it, becoming the object of readings, rereadings and even some rectifications, especially in what concerns the topics of credibility and historicity. Focusing our attention on such a monument of Portuguese and universal travel literature, we seek, with this article, to X-ray some of the features that build the portrait with which the Portuguese are displayed, reproducing the same exercise in relation to the several Asian cultures and civilizations exposed in the account of the “adventurer-penitent” that was Fernão Mendes Pinto, who, undoubtedly, when in contact with different realities, collected incredible experiences and life lessons, performed countless tasks and missions and extracted a universalism that runs through the Peregrinação.O perfil dos portugueses como povo de viajantes, de emigrantes, de aventureiros, entre outras facetas, não raro em busca de fortuna, é sobejamente mencionado por diversas fontes. Entre a panóplia de escritos de viagens elaborados por autores lusos nos séculos XV, XVI e XVII, em consequência das andanças por variadíssimos lugares do orbe, importa forçosamente realçar a Peregrinação de Fernão Mendes Pinto (que foi soldado de fortuna, pirata, comerciante, agente e diplomata durante 21 anos na Etiópia, Pérsia, Malásia, Índia, Birmânia, Sião, Cochinchina, China e Japão), impressa em Lisboa, em 1614, 31 anos após a morte do seu redator. Esta obra, que constituiu indiscutivelmente um “best-seller” no século XVII e que se tem revelado uma aliciante fonte de diálogo intertextual, regista uma série de edições, reimpressões globais ou parciais, traduções e reúne a seu respeito numerosos trabalhos de análise crítica que a tornam objeto de leituras, releituras e inclusive de algumas retificações, nomeadamente no que diz respeito aos tópicos da credibilidade e da historicidade. Focalizando a nossa atenção em tal monumento da literatura portuguesa e universal de viagens, procuramos, com o presente artigo, radiografar alguns dos traços que compõem o retrato com que os portugueses são exibidos, reproduzindo o mesmo exercício em relação a várias culturas e civilizações asiáticas expostas no relato do “aventureiro-penitente” que foi Fernão Mendes Pinto, o qual, sem dúvida, ao contactar com realidades distintas, colecionou experiências e lições de vida incríveis, desempenhou inúmeras tarefas e missões e extraiu um universalismo que perpassa a Peregrinação.Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro2023-05-31info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.58155/revistadeletras.v1i6.421https://doi.org/10.58155/revistadeletras.v1i6.421Revista de Letras UTAD; Vol 1 No 6 (2023): Revista de Letras UTAD / Estudos Literários; 7-27Revista de Letras UTAD; Vol. 1 Núm. 6 (2023): Revista de Letras UTAD / Estudos Literários; 7-27Revista de Letras UTAD; Vol 1 Nº 6 (2023): Revista de Letras UTAD / Estudos Literários; 7-272975-89550874-7962reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://revistadeletras.utad.pt/index.php/revistadeletras/article/view/421https://revistadeletras.utad.pt/index.php/revistadeletras/article/view/421/199Direitos de Autor (c) 2023 Carla Sofia Gomes Xavier Luís, Alexandre António da Costa Luíshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLuís, Carla Sofia Gomes XavierLuís, Alexandre António da Costa2023-06-03T04:31:27Zoai:ojs.revistas.utad.pt:article/421Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:59:45.705252Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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Um olhar de relance sobre o retrato dos portugueses e dos "outros" na obra "Peregrinação" de Fernão Mendes Pinto
title A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"
spellingShingle A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"
A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"
Luís, Carla Sofia Gomes Xavier
Luís, Carla Sofia Gomes Xavier
title_short A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"
title_full A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"
title_fullStr A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"
A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"
title_full_unstemmed A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"
A glance at the portrait of Portuguese people and "others" in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s work "Peregrinação"
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