Concept of analepsis Analepsis, or flashback, is a narrative technique, commonly used in literature and cinema, but that can also be used in theatre, and that consists on the description of events prior to the present moment of the story. This way, the chronological order of the facts is interrupted, and there is a return […]

Jane Austen was an English writer and is considered one of the most important female authors in the history of literature. Born in Hampshire on the 16th December 1775, Jane came from a family that could be considered bourgeois, and she was the youngest daughter, having seven older siblings. Her father, the reverend George Austen, […]

Paul Benjamin Auster is a renowned and laureate North-American author. Born on the 3rd February 1947 in Newark, in the state of New Jersey, Auster comes from a middle class Jewish family. It was in his early teens that the future writer began to show his interest towards literature, being an avid consumer of several […]

“Baltasar and Blimunda” (“Memorial do Convento” in the original Portuguese version) is a book written by Portuguese José Saramago, that was published in 1982. The story follows the construction of Mafra Palace and Convent, whose construction was ordered by the king D. João V in 1717, as a payment of a promise he made before […]

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer, journalist and philosopher, and he is considered one of the greatest novelists in classical literature, in general, and in Russian literature in particular. Born on the 11th November 1821 in Moscow, Dostoyevsky spent his childhood on the Russian capital, together his parents and seven brothers and sisters. Dostoyevsky’s father […]

Epic is a literary genre that is mainly characterized by the description of heroic achievements that can even be considered legendary. The word “epic” is commonly used to refer an unforgettable and unparalleled act or happening, just like it occurs in the narratives that belong to this specific genre. Normally, epic texts are poetry, but […]

Father Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a very well-known Jesuit priest and also an inventor, to whom is attributed the invention of the aerostat. Born in 1685 in Santos, Brazil, which at the time was still a Portuguese colony, Father Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão, also known as the “Flying Father”, is an important figure for […]

In the artistic context, the genre can be defined as a main style, that clusters a wide range of similar characteristics, and that allows to classify and distinguish different art productions that share a common base. Whether in music, literature, painting, cinema, sculpture, or any other art, the division by genre can be made regarding […]

Gongorism, also known as Culteranismo, is a literary style created in the XVII by the Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote, from whom this specific style was named after. This form of writing, used mainly in poetry but also in some prose texts, was a huge trend throughout the XVII and XVIII centuries in […]