Постмодерен прочит на града в романа „Обърканият човек“ на португалския писател Жоао де Мело
Post-modern image of town in the novel of the Portuguese writer Joao de Melo

Author(s): Desislava Timcheva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: city; narrative; Portuguese literature; Joao de Melo; prose; post-modernism
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to introduce you to the world of Joao de Melo, famous Portuguese writer, unknown for the Bulgarian public. His prose is filled with profound images of the cities that he knows well and loved. In the current romance, we will follow the meaning and the transformation that occurs in the description of the city of Lisbon. We will look deeper into the history of Portuguese post-modern tradition and what is the meaning of the city images in Portuguese narratives from the end of the XXth century. You will see how the complex description of the city landscape in de Melo’s romance corresponds to the fictional character and what changes it suffers through the course of the narrative.

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