%0 Journal Article
%T The Violent Maintenance of the Portuguese Colonial Identity and the Search for a Postcolonial One: Literary Images of Portugal as a Colonial and Postcolonial Nation
%A Soares
%A Anthony
%J Ellipsis
%D 2006
%I American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA)
%X Through the examination of Cam es's Os Lus¨ªadas, Sena's Os Gr o-Capit es and Saramago's A Jangada de Pedra, this article explores violence as a means of shaping Portuguese identity in different historical contexts, and how these works portray the continued recourse to violence as Portugal moves from colonizing to postcolonial nation.
%K Portuguese literature
%K violence and literature
%K Lu¨ªs de Cam es
%K Jorge de Sena
%K Jos¨¦ Saramago
%U http://www.ellipsis-apsa.com/Volume_4-Soares_files/Soares_ellipsis_4_2006%20copy.pdf