‘What is that to me?’ Jorge de Sena’s Sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the Spanish civil war
The Spanish Civil War is featured in the works of Jorge de Sena as the moment which created a new level of political awareness and militancy. Sena’s incomplete, posthumously published novel Sinais de fogo/Signs of fire (1979), which draws from Sena's biographical experiences as a young student...
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| description | The Spanish Civil War is featured in the works of Jorge de Sena as the moment which created a new level of political awareness and militancy. Sena’s incomplete, posthumously published novel Sinais de fogo/Signs of fire (1979), which draws from Sena's biographical experiences as a young student in 1936 Lisbon and Figueira da Foz, attempts a fictional inscription, for future remembrance, of the conflict’s impact on António de Oliveira Salazar’s Estado Novo regime, supportive of the alzamiento and Franco, and on the living conditions and political positioning of the generations which endured it. To this end, Sena’s considerations on poetry and testimony will assist in shedding light on the novel’s questioning of the roles and functions of – as well as relations between – art, politics, history, and individual memory. Ultimately, the novel will prompt a reflection on the meaning(s) and purpose(s) of communitas. |
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| spelling | nottingham-527132020-05-04T19:39:50Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52713/ ‘What is that to me?’ Jorge de Sena’s Sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the Spanish civil war Gonçalves Miranda, Rui The Spanish Civil War is featured in the works of Jorge de Sena as the moment which created a new level of political awareness and militancy. Sena’s incomplete, posthumously published novel Sinais de fogo/Signs of fire (1979), which draws from Sena's biographical experiences as a young student in 1936 Lisbon and Figueira da Foz, attempts a fictional inscription, for future remembrance, of the conflict’s impact on António de Oliveira Salazar’s Estado Novo regime, supportive of the alzamiento and Franco, and on the living conditions and political positioning of the generations which endured it. To this end, Sena’s considerations on poetry and testimony will assist in shedding light on the novel’s questioning of the roles and functions of – as well as relations between – art, politics, history, and individual memory. Ultimately, the novel will prompt a reflection on the meaning(s) and purpose(s) of communitas. Liverpool University Press 2018-06-06 Article PeerReviewed Gonçalves Miranda, Rui (2018) ‘What is that to me?’ Jorge de Sena’s Sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the Spanish civil war. Journal of Romance Studies . ISSN 1752-2331 (In Press) Jorge de Sena; Sinais de fogo; Spanish civil war; Communitas; Poetic testimony; Roberto Esposito; Jacques Derrida |
| spellingShingle | Jorge de Sena; Sinais de fogo; Spanish civil war; Communitas; Poetic testimony; Roberto Esposito; Jacques Derrida Gonçalves Miranda, Rui ‘What is that to me?’ Jorge de Sena’s Sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the Spanish civil war |
| title | ‘What is that to me?’ Jorge de Sena’s Sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the Spanish civil war |
| title_full | ‘What is that to me?’ Jorge de Sena’s Sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the Spanish civil war |
| title_fullStr | ‘What is that to me?’ Jorge de Sena’s Sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the Spanish civil war |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘What is that to me?’ Jorge de Sena’s Sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the Spanish civil war |
| title_short | ‘What is that to me?’ Jorge de Sena’s Sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the Spanish civil war |
| title_sort | ‘what is that to me?’ jorge de sena’s sinais de fogo, poetry and testimony during the spanish civil war |
| topic | Jorge de Sena; Sinais de fogo; Spanish civil war; Communitas; Poetic testimony; Roberto Esposito; Jacques Derrida |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52713/ |