Media G��tico: O Crime e seu Duplo Ficcional na Literatura, TV e Cinema

Crime possesses a dual nature deriving from its portrayal in the media leading to duplicity in the act of witnessing crime which by showing reality inevitably transforms it into a different kind of reality. The direct relationship with the Gothic genre is very naturally justified by real crime seeming to replicate fictional crime and vice versa, thus originating various forms of the lack of distinction between reality itself and fictional reality, or between truth and falsehood, which many writers and artists associated with Gothic aesthetics have always relied on, and numerous examples of this can be found in the works of Edgar Poe, Patricia Highsmith, Chuck Palahniuk and many others. While real crime may take the Gothic novel as its prototype, it turns out that nowadays television has taken on this role. Examples of this phenomenon are the recent symptoms of obsessive dependence on TV series such as C.S.I., Criminal Minds, The X Files, The Following and Dexter, showing a tendency for television series to replace Gothic novels, thus revealing a perverse attraction for witnessing violence through the same means that transmit the daily news featuring violent events in different scenarios of war all over the world.

Do comunismo �� Uni��o Europeia: 20 anos que mudaram a história pol��tica e econ��mica da Bulg��ria: Uma abordagem pela teoria e pr��tica da condicionalidade

O mecanismo da condicionalidade pode ser considerado como um dos sucessos da UE na avalia����o da forma como este afectou os processos de transi����o nos pa��ses p��s-comunistas, em particular no caso dos pa��ses envolvidos no Quinto Alargamento. Este trabalho avalia a import��ncia do mecanismo da condicionalidade na regi��o da Europa de Leste, buscando analisar as pol��ticas da UE em rela����o �� Bulg��ria no per��odo de 20 anos de dif��cil transi����o de um sistema comunista planificado para uma economia de mercado. Avaliamos tamb��m as pol��ticas europeias de pr��-ades��o e as condi����es de ades��o. Al��m disso, prestamos ainda aten����o ao fen��meno do mecanismo da condicionalidade espec��fico da UE, como tal, comparamos o seu impacto com os mecanismos do FMI e do Banco Mundial. Conclu��mos com a tentativa de fornecer alguns elementos sobre a utilidade pr��tica do mecanismo de condicionalidade no Sudeste da Europa, definindo as suas principais realiza����es, bem como os problemas enfrentados. Atrav��s de uma revis��o da literatura dispon��vel, e adoptando uma perspectiva hist��rica, procuramos avaliar tamb��m as novas responsabilidades que a Bulg��ria assumiu ao alargar a fronteira exterior da UE e as consequ��ncias que da�� decorreram para as rela����es pol��ticas e econ��micas com os pa��ses vizinhos. /ABSTRACT: The conditionality mechanism can be considered one of the successes of the EU when estimated its influence over the transition process in the post-communist countries, especially for the countries involved in the Fifth Enlargement. This study evaluates the significance of the mechanism of conditionality in the region of Eastern Europe, analyzing the policies of the EU for Bulgaria during the 20 years of difficult transition from a planned communist system to a market economy. The European policies of pre-accession and the accession conditions are evaluated. Also, it pays attention to the phenomenon of the conditionality mechanism specific for EU, comparing its impact with the mechanisms of the IMF and World Bank. And concludes with an attempt to provide some elements about how useful has been the conditionality mechanism in South East Europe, defining the main achievements and difficulties that it faces. Having a look at the available literature and also reviewing it from historical point of view, it's evaluated the new responsibilities that Bulgaria assumed after extending the external frontiers of EU and the consequences for the political and economic relations with neighbor countries.

Verg��lio Ferreira e Luiz Pacheco: história duma afinidade liter��ria, in revista "Ler", Lisboa, Editora Bertrand, 2016

Estudam-se as afinidades entre dois importantes escritores do s��culo XX portugu��s: Luiz Pacheco e Verg��lio Ferreira.

idades na História da ��ustria de Enea Silvio Piccolomini

Perspectivas do narrador e das personagens sobre as cidades italianas no itiner��rio descrito na obra de Enea Silvio Piccolomini, História da ��ustria.

Realidade hist��rica na narrativa de fic����o angolana: Mayombe, de Pepetela o ministro, de Wanhenga Xitu o vento que desorienta o ca��ador, de A. Santos

Usando documentos oficiais, registos legislativos, mem��rias e outras fontes documentais escritas produzidos no per��odo entre os anos 60 e in��cio da d��cada de 90 do s��culo XX, o presente estudo procura estabelecer a rela����o entre a narrativa de fic����o e a realidade hist��rica documentada. O procedimento metodol��gico consistiu no confronto de registos de factos da realidade nos referidos documentos com o mundo poss��vel criado pelos escritores. A investiga����o centrou-se nos romances de tr��s escritores angolanos (Pepetela, Wanhenga Xitu e Arnaldo Santos). Os resultados demonstram que os textos ficcionais escolhidos se estruturam a partir da mat��ria de extrac����o hist��rica. O produto da pesquisa contribui para legitimar o valor documental das obras escolhidas entre outras que fazem parte da narrativa de fic����o angolana. O trabalho visa, tamb��m, uma finalidade did��ctica: a explica����o de textos de fic����o narrativa que analisam momentos marcantes da história recente de Angola; HISTORICAL REALITY IN THE NARRATIVE OF ANGOLAN FICTION ABSTRACT: Using official documents, legislative records, memories, and other written documental sources produced in the period between the sixties and the early nineties of the XX century, this study seeks to establish a relationship between fiction narrative and historical reality. The methodological procedure consisted in the comparison of records of the facts in the aforesaid documents with a possible world created by the author. The research focuses on novels by three Angolan writers (Pepetela, Wanhenga Xitu, and Arnaldo Santos). The results indicate that the selected fictional texts are structured from topics relating to history. The research outcome contributes to legitimate the documental value of the Works selected amongst those forming part of the Angolan fiction. Furthermore, the research serves another didactic purpose: explaining narrative fiction texts that review defining moments of the recent history of Angola.