Haysom, P. orcid.org/0000-0003-3310-7106 (2018) “Estes povos pastoris”: entre a aldeia de Vilarinho da Furna e a literatura de Miguel Torga. Cadernos de Literatura Comparada, 38. pp. 247-270. ISSN 2183-2242
Abstract
A aldeia de Vilarinho da Furna, localizada noextremo-norte de Portugal, foi uma das últimas aldeias comunitáriasno país (ou seja, uma povoação dedemocraciaconcentradacom um regimede partilha de propriedade), funcionando como um símbolodas origens e dos valores puros das comunidades ibéricas seculares. Ointeresse cultural e etnográfico para com esta povoação intensificou-se durante e depois do processo de submersão da aldeia (1969-1972) pelo regime ditatorial da época. A este propósito, considerar Vilarinho da Furna à luz da literatura de Miguel Torga (1907-1995), conhecidapela sua evocação de espaços geográficos e comunidadesrurais, é extremamente produtiva de um ponto de vista geocrítico. Vários textos de Torganos seus Diáriosrefletem, e contribuem para, um sentimento de afeição e topofilia para com a comunidade de Vilarinho e o seu entorno natural, baseado no comportamento harmonioso dos aldeões e no valor simbólico da povoação. Para além disso, o conto “Barragem” (1951) transforma o espaçoreal daquela aldeia num imaginário literário, através da sua oscilação entre representação ficcional e referente geográficoreal. Finalmente, pode-se afirmar que a literatura de Miguel Torga sobre Vilarinho influenciou, em certa medida, o próprio espaço geográfico da antiga comunidade, assim comoa percepção culturale a memória coletivado lugarem questão.
The village of Vilarinho da Furna, located in the extreme North of Portugal, was one of the last remaining communitarian villages in the country (in terms of its concentrated democratic structure and its sharing of property and land), which acted as a symbol of the pure values and origins of centuries -old Iberian communities. The considerable cultural and ethnographic interest towards this settlement intensified as the process of submerging the village (1969-1972) was orchestrated by the dictatorial regime of the time. In this regard, from a geocritical point of view it is extremely productive to consider Vilarinho through the literature of Miguel Torga (1907-1995), a writer known for evoking geographical spaces and rural communities. Several of Torga’s texts from his Diários reflect, as well as contribute towards, feelings of affection and topophilia towards the community of Vilarinho da Furna and its natural surroundings, based on the harmonious behaviour of the villagers and the symbolic value of the settlement. In addition, the short story “Barragem” (1951) transforms the real space of that village into a literary imaginary, by oscillating between a fictional representation and the real geographical referent. Finally, it can be argued that the literature of Torga about the village has, to a certain degree, influenced the actual geographical space of the former community as well as the cultural perceptions and collective memory of the space in question.
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Keywords: | Vilarinho da Furna; Miguel Torga; topofilia; referencialidade; imaginário Vilarinho da Furna; Miguel Torga; topophilia; referentiality; imaginary |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2023 15:09 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2023 15:21 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Universidade do Porto |
Identification Number: | 10.21747/21832242/litcomp38a14 |
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