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A organização de um colóquio em torno da “herança de Locke” foi uma ideia que nasceu no Centro de... more A organização de um colóquio em torno da “herança de Locke” foi uma ideia que nasceu no Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa, no âmbito do núcleo de investigação dedicado aos estudos de cultura inglesa. Vários textos de Locke são regularmente incluídos nos programas de graduação e de pósgraduação em Estudos Anglísticos, além de objecto de estudo especializado no Centro de Estudos Anglísticos. Assim, fazia todo o sentido comemorar, no ano de 2004, a passagem de mais um centenário sobre a morte de Locke, e celebrar a vitalidade da sua obra ao longo de três séculos reunindo especialistas que, publicamente, apresentassem e discutissem aspectos dessa obra que continuam activos no presente. O volume que agora se publica reúne as comunicações apresentadas em Janeiro de 2004. A variedade dos temas abordados e a manifesta relevância de que se revestem para o estudo da modernidade demonstram que a herança de Locke continua a produzir riqueza, e que constitui património cult...
Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 2019
Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668) is an early and popular example of fictional travelwriti... more Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668) is an early and popular example of fictional travelwriting. It describes the unorthodox way of living of an insular society founded by a few survivors of a shipwreck. Although in a light tone, Neville raises sensitive topics: the then current gender ideology, racism, common property, and the violent conducts of European settlers. He also ponders the role of religious doctrine in the moulding of individuals. So, measuring what Neville conveys in a positive or negative light could classify this fiction as eutopia or dystopia. It is undoubtedly the depiction of a community of imperfect mortals, an imperfect utopia, thereby contradicting the genre's prime definition as the recipe for a planned-ergo, happy-society.
O núcleo de investigadores dedicado aos estudos de cultura do Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Un... more O núcleo de investigadores dedicado aos estudos de cultura do Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa empenhou boa parte da sua actividade, no ano de 2008-2009, na preparação de duas jornadas temáticas sobre o Império Britânico. Para a escolha deste objecto de investigação convergiram os interesses individuais dos investigadores, mobilizados para o estudo sistemático de conceitos como império e imperialismo, colónia e colonialismo, de ideologias como o liberalismo, ou para o estudo de representações de identidade. Com o intuito comum de examinar criticamente uma multiplicidade de discursos sobre o Império Britânico, as comunicações que agora são publicadas sustentam diferentes possibilidades de aproximação metodológica aos estudos de cultura e posicionam o diálogo entre elas como instrumento de desenvolvimento do conhecimento em torno de um mesmo objecto. O Império Britânico é, assim, interpelado na sua origem enquanto portador de uma “missão civilizadora” e são exam...
O núcleo de investigadores dedicado aos estudos de cultura do Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Un... more O núcleo de investigadores dedicado aos estudos de cultura do Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa empenhou boa parte da sua actividade, no ano de 2008-2009, na preparação de duas jornadas temáticas sobre o Império Britânico. Para a escolha deste objecto de investigação convergiram os interesses individuais dos investigadores, mobilizados para o estudo sistemático de conceitos como império e imperialismo, colónia e colonialismo, de ideologias como o liberalismo, ou para o estudo de representações de identidade. Com o intuito comum de examinar criticamente uma multiplicidade de discursos sobre o Império Britânico, as comunicações que agora são publicadas sustentam diferentes possibilidades de aproximação metodológica aos estudos de cultura e posicionam o diálogo entre elas como instrumento de desenvolvimento do conhecimento em torno de um mesmo objecto. O Império Britânico é, assim, interpelado na sua origem enquanto portador de uma “missão civilizadora” e são exam...
F ollowing the organization, in 2009, of the first conference on The British Empire: Ideology, Pe... more F ollowing the organization, in 2009, of the first conference on The British Empire: Ideology, Perspectives, Perception, the Research Group dedicated to Culture Studies at the University of the Lisbon Centre for English Studies organized, in 2010, a second conference under the general title Empire Building and Modernity. This conference constitutes the second part of a three year project undertaken by the group, which will be followed, in 2011, by a third initiative, called Reviewing Imperial Conflicts. The proceedings of the second conference are now presented in this book. Empire Building and Modernity gives a larger scope to the original project, which was developed more strictly around the British Empire, and provides the opportunity to deal with questions related to the formation of modern European empires, namely the Portuguese Colonial Empire. The different chapters in this book reveal a variety of approaches that are very often at the cutting edge of the methodologies adopted in cultural studies, particularly in the field of post-colonial studies. The building of new perceptions on imperial issues interpreted through literature, the visual arts, history and political science, the role of museums, questions of gender and race and the construction of identity through language constitute the guidelines of the contributions presented in this volume. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed discussing the issues that contributed to its making.
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John Milton and Luis Antonio Verney, two major figures in their own right, are usually the object... more John Milton and Luis Antonio Verney, two major figures in their own right, are usually the object of quite independent approaches on account not only of the time span of a century which separates them, but also because of their distinct contributions to the cultures they lived in. However, they share the love for their respective countries and the wish to reform those social aspects which prevent progress. In this paper we wish to direct your attention to one specific issue which was dealt with by these two intellectuals, namely, the education of the younger generations as it appears in Milton's Of Education (1644) and in Verney's Verdadeiro Metodo de Estudar (1746).
John Milton and Luis Antonio Verney, two major figures in their own right, are usually the object... more John Milton and Luis Antonio Verney, two major figures in their own right, are usually the object of quite independent approaches on account not only of the time span of a century which separates them, but also because of their distinct contributions to the cultures they lived in. However, they share the love for their respective countries and the wish to reform those social aspects which prevent progress. In this paper we wish to direct your attention to one specific issue which was dealt with by these two intellectuals, namely, the education of the younger generations as it appears in Milton's Of Education (1644) and in Verney's Verdadeiro Metodo de Estudar (1746).
Thomas Mores famous work Utopia has justly been the object of a voluminous amount of scholarly wo... more Thomas Mores famous work Utopia has justly been the object of a voluminous amount of scholarly work insofar it started an original fashion of literary and cultural form. In spite of the distinct interpretations, which have come to light throughout the years, the wish to present a bettered world in exercise stands out as a major goal of his work. The dream to convert his England into a more productive society using the current knowledge and manufacturing processes, and in so doing, to construct a more egalitarian commonwealth highlight as tangible objectives for Mores progressive project. However, in terms of gender, Utopias harmonic world vision is denied, the humanist view that prevails in his dream world being a patriarchal one. There, men are granted better chances of living according to their own merits and efforts, both as individuals and citizens, their roles in the public sphere no longer depending on chancy birth rights and privilege. Notwithstanding this new political struc...
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners, of th... more A Voyage to Cacklogallinia with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners, of that Country came to print in 1727, in London, authored by a certain “Captain Samuel Brunt”, a pseudonym of a writer whose identity, willingly or not, is still a mystery. It describes a hazardous voyage by sea, very much in tune with the usual travel writing descriptions of the beauties and perils that awaited the seamen in their cross Atlantic routes. As usual in this kind of fictional works, the encounter with another community peopled by an intelligent species, the Cacklogallians, is here enhanced by the relativist notion of man’s position within the frame of God’s creation. The narrative further expands to a flight to the moon with the help of particularly powerful birds. However, the utopian factor here intertwined with fantastical travel devices just paves the way to a rather critical view of British society under the spell of imperial ideology. This paper plays on the double and amb...
Fernando de Mello Moser dedicated one chapter of his book Tomás More e os Caminhos da Perfeição H... more Fernando de Mello Moser dedicated one chapter of his book Tomás More e os Caminhos da Perfeição Humana [Thomas More and the Ways Towards Human Perfection] (1982) to the issue concerning the ways English Renaissance writers envisaged for humankind as whole, or for the English people only, to achieve perfection. He called it “The Island and the Vision” in an obvious anticipation of his approach to More’s Utopia, and to other works which shared More’s visionary gift for putting forward fairer and happier societies in order to pave the way towards future and less imperfect generations. The new literary genre named after More’s picture of an imaginary reflection of England framed by a wise set of laws and a humanistic education for all its inhabitants became an inspirational “brave new world” where men and women could pursue their ethical, intellectual, political, and spiritual path aiming for a higher level of individual and collective existence. This path towards perfection presented b...
The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare
Sederi Yearbook of the Spanish and Portuguese Society For English Renaissance Studies, 2000
A organização de um colóquio em torno da “herança de Locke” foi uma ideia que nasceu no Centro de... more A organização de um colóquio em torno da “herança de Locke” foi uma ideia que nasceu no Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa, no âmbito do núcleo de investigação dedicado aos estudos de cultura inglesa. Vários textos de Locke são regularmente incluídos nos programas de graduação e de pósgraduação em Estudos Anglísticos, além de objecto de estudo especializado no Centro de Estudos Anglísticos. Assim, fazia todo o sentido comemorar, no ano de 2004, a passagem de mais um centenário sobre a morte de Locke, e celebrar a vitalidade da sua obra ao longo de três séculos reunindo especialistas que, publicamente, apresentassem e discutissem aspectos dessa obra que continuam activos no presente. O volume que agora se publica reúne as comunicações apresentadas em Janeiro de 2004. A variedade dos temas abordados e a manifesta relevância de que se revestem para o estudo da modernidade demonstram que a herança de Locke continua a produzir riqueza, e que constitui património cult...
Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 2019
Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668) is an early and popular example of fictional travelwriti... more Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668) is an early and popular example of fictional travelwriting. It describes the unorthodox way of living of an insular society founded by a few survivors of a shipwreck. Although in a light tone, Neville raises sensitive topics: the then current gender ideology, racism, common property, and the violent conducts of European settlers. He also ponders the role of religious doctrine in the moulding of individuals. So, measuring what Neville conveys in a positive or negative light could classify this fiction as eutopia or dystopia. It is undoubtedly the depiction of a community of imperfect mortals, an imperfect utopia, thereby contradicting the genre's prime definition as the recipe for a planned-ergo, happy-society.
O núcleo de investigadores dedicado aos estudos de cultura do Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Un... more O núcleo de investigadores dedicado aos estudos de cultura do Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa empenhou boa parte da sua actividade, no ano de 2008-2009, na preparação de duas jornadas temáticas sobre o Império Britânico. Para a escolha deste objecto de investigação convergiram os interesses individuais dos investigadores, mobilizados para o estudo sistemático de conceitos como império e imperialismo, colónia e colonialismo, de ideologias como o liberalismo, ou para o estudo de representações de identidade. Com o intuito comum de examinar criticamente uma multiplicidade de discursos sobre o Império Britânico, as comunicações que agora são publicadas sustentam diferentes possibilidades de aproximação metodológica aos estudos de cultura e posicionam o diálogo entre elas como instrumento de desenvolvimento do conhecimento em torno de um mesmo objecto. O Império Britânico é, assim, interpelado na sua origem enquanto portador de uma “missão civilizadora” e são exam...
O núcleo de investigadores dedicado aos estudos de cultura do Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Un... more O núcleo de investigadores dedicado aos estudos de cultura do Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa empenhou boa parte da sua actividade, no ano de 2008-2009, na preparação de duas jornadas temáticas sobre o Império Britânico. Para a escolha deste objecto de investigação convergiram os interesses individuais dos investigadores, mobilizados para o estudo sistemático de conceitos como império e imperialismo, colónia e colonialismo, de ideologias como o liberalismo, ou para o estudo de representações de identidade. Com o intuito comum de examinar criticamente uma multiplicidade de discursos sobre o Império Britânico, as comunicações que agora são publicadas sustentam diferentes possibilidades de aproximação metodológica aos estudos de cultura e posicionam o diálogo entre elas como instrumento de desenvolvimento do conhecimento em torno de um mesmo objecto. O Império Britânico é, assim, interpelado na sua origem enquanto portador de uma “missão civilizadora” e são exam...
F ollowing the organization, in 2009, of the first conference on The British Empire: Ideology, Pe... more F ollowing the organization, in 2009, of the first conference on The British Empire: Ideology, Perspectives, Perception, the Research Group dedicated to Culture Studies at the University of the Lisbon Centre for English Studies organized, in 2010, a second conference under the general title Empire Building and Modernity. This conference constitutes the second part of a three year project undertaken by the group, which will be followed, in 2011, by a third initiative, called Reviewing Imperial Conflicts. The proceedings of the second conference are now presented in this book. Empire Building and Modernity gives a larger scope to the original project, which was developed more strictly around the British Empire, and provides the opportunity to deal with questions related to the formation of modern European empires, namely the Portuguese Colonial Empire. The different chapters in this book reveal a variety of approaches that are very often at the cutting edge of the methodologies adopted in cultural studies, particularly in the field of post-colonial studies. The building of new perceptions on imperial issues interpreted through literature, the visual arts, history and political science, the role of museums, questions of gender and race and the construction of identity through language constitute the guidelines of the contributions presented in this volume. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed discussing the issues that contributed to its making.
John Milton and Luis Antonio Verney, two major figures in their own right, are usually the object... more John Milton and Luis Antonio Verney, two major figures in their own right, are usually the object of quite independent approaches on account not only of the time span of a century which separates them, but also because of their distinct contributions to the cultures they lived in. However, they share the love for their respective countries and the wish to reform those social aspects which prevent progress. In this paper we wish to direct your attention to one specific issue which was dealt with by these two intellectuals, namely, the education of the younger generations as it appears in Milton's Of Education (1644) and in Verney's Verdadeiro Metodo de Estudar (1746).
John Milton and Luis Antonio Verney, two major figures in their own right, are usually the object... more John Milton and Luis Antonio Verney, two major figures in their own right, are usually the object of quite independent approaches on account not only of the time span of a century which separates them, but also because of their distinct contributions to the cultures they lived in. However, they share the love for their respective countries and the wish to reform those social aspects which prevent progress. In this paper we wish to direct your attention to one specific issue which was dealt with by these two intellectuals, namely, the education of the younger generations as it appears in Milton's Of Education (1644) and in Verney's Verdadeiro Metodo de Estudar (1746).
Thomas Mores famous work Utopia has justly been the object of a voluminous amount of scholarly wo... more Thomas Mores famous work Utopia has justly been the object of a voluminous amount of scholarly work insofar it started an original fashion of literary and cultural form. In spite of the distinct interpretations, which have come to light throughout the years, the wish to present a bettered world in exercise stands out as a major goal of his work. The dream to convert his England into a more productive society using the current knowledge and manufacturing processes, and in so doing, to construct a more egalitarian commonwealth highlight as tangible objectives for Mores progressive project. However, in terms of gender, Utopias harmonic world vision is denied, the humanist view that prevails in his dream world being a patriarchal one. There, men are granted better chances of living according to their own merits and efforts, both as individuals and citizens, their roles in the public sphere no longer depending on chancy birth rights and privilege. Notwithstanding this new political struc...
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners, of th... more A Voyage to Cacklogallinia with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners, of that Country came to print in 1727, in London, authored by a certain “Captain Samuel Brunt”, a pseudonym of a writer whose identity, willingly or not, is still a mystery. It describes a hazardous voyage by sea, very much in tune with the usual travel writing descriptions of the beauties and perils that awaited the seamen in their cross Atlantic routes. As usual in this kind of fictional works, the encounter with another community peopled by an intelligent species, the Cacklogallians, is here enhanced by the relativist notion of man’s position within the frame of God’s creation. The narrative further expands to a flight to the moon with the help of particularly powerful birds. However, the utopian factor here intertwined with fantastical travel devices just paves the way to a rather critical view of British society under the spell of imperial ideology. This paper plays on the double and amb...
Fernando de Mello Moser dedicated one chapter of his book Tomás More e os Caminhos da Perfeição H... more Fernando de Mello Moser dedicated one chapter of his book Tomás More e os Caminhos da Perfeição Humana [Thomas More and the Ways Towards Human Perfection] (1982) to the issue concerning the ways English Renaissance writers envisaged for humankind as whole, or for the English people only, to achieve perfection. He called it “The Island and the Vision” in an obvious anticipation of his approach to More’s Utopia, and to other works which shared More’s visionary gift for putting forward fairer and happier societies in order to pave the way towards future and less imperfect generations. The new literary genre named after More’s picture of an imaginary reflection of England framed by a wise set of laws and a humanistic education for all its inhabitants became an inspirational “brave new world” where men and women could pursue their ethical, intellectual, political, and spiritual path aiming for a higher level of individual and collective existence. This path towards perfection presented b...
The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare
Sederi Yearbook of the Spanish and Portuguese Society For English Renaissance Studies, 2000