%0 Journal Article %T Viagens e paragens da (e na) literatura caboverdiana %A Maria da Graˋa Gomes de Pina %J Confluenze. Rivista di Studi Iberoamericani %D 2010 %I University of Bologna %X Ever since Homer, the islands have been considered strongly attractive and inspirational places. Actually, to travel to, from or on the islands, is a way of escaping. The Cape Verdean writers, such as the latest winner of the Cam es Prize, haven*t set aside their indestructible bond with the cradle of their birth. The narratological ※insular§ space both unites and sets apart the writers. Examples could be named of insular writers whose conflict with the islands turned that space into a ※continental§ one. Our goal is to research the ※insular§ metaphors and to show that, although the presence of the ※island§ is constant, the modern Cape Verdean writer, aims at transposing the spatial limit of the island itself. Keywords: voyage, Cape Verde, space. Desde Homero que as ilhas t那m vindo a ser espa os de grande atrac o e fonte inspiradora. Na realidade, viajar para, nas e das ilhas 谷 um meio de fuga. Os escritores caboverdianos, como o mais recente vencedor do Pr谷mio Cam es, n o deixaram de lado a sua liga o indestrut赤vel com o pr車prio ber o. O espa o narratol車gico &insular* une, e simultaneamente distingue, os escritores entre si. Poder-se-iam citar exemplos de escritores insulares, cujo conflito com as ilhas fez com que esse espa o se tornasse &continental*. O nosso prop車sito 谷 o de investigar as met芍foras &insulares* e mostrar que, n o obstante a &ilha* esteja sempre presente, o hodierno escritor caboverdiano pretende transpor o seu limite espacial. Palabras clave: viagem, Cabo Verde, espa o. Ever since Homer, the islands have been considered strongly attractive and inspirational places. Actually, to travel to, from or on the islands, is a way of escaping. The Cape Verdean writers, such as the latest winner of the Cam es Prize, haven*t set aside their indestructible bond with the cradle of their birth. The narratological ※insular§ space both unites and sets apart the writers. Examples could be named of insular writers whose conflict with the islands turned that space into a ※continental§ one. Our goal is to research the ※insular§ metaphors and to show that, although the presence of the ※island§ is constant, the modern Cape Verdean writer, aims at transposing the spatial limit of the island itself. Keywords: voyage, Cape Verde, space. Desde Homero que as ilhas t那m vindo a ser espa os de grande atrac o e fonte inspiradora. Na realidade, viajar para, nas e das ilhas 谷 um meio de fuga. Os escritores caboverdianos, como o mais recente vencedor do Pr谷mio Cam es, n o deixaram de lado a sua liga o indestrut赤vel com o pr車prio ber o. O espa o narratol車gico &insula %U http://confluenze.cib.unibo.it/article/view/1865