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Another country, another time : notes on Pascal Mercier’s Nachtzug nach Lissabon and an idea of Europe
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de Medeiros, Paulo (2016) Another country, another time : notes on Pascal Mercier’s Nachtzug nach Lissabon and an idea of Europe. Cadernos de Literatura Comparada, 34 (6). pp. 245-263. 356. doi:10.21747/16451112/litcomp34a16 ISSN 2183-2242.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21747/16451112/litcomp34a16
Abstract
Pascal Mercier’s best-selling novel Night Train to Lisbon and its film adapation are examined as a case study in the relations between North and South and the image of Europe. The novel is significant inasmuch as it counters hegemonic World-Literature tendencies that privilege mostly central, English or French, novels in the European context. It is argued that even though both have significant differences and the novel manages to escape simple clichéd representations of Portugal, both ultimately stage a failure to conceptualize Europe transnationally. Ultimately, the romanticized desire for a would-be more vibrant form of engagement with life and art that would characterize the South does no more than misappropriate its past.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Cadernos de Literatura Comparada | ||||||
Publisher: | Instituto de Literatura Comparada Margarida Losa. | ||||||
ISSN: | 2183-2242 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 34 | ||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 245-263 | ||||||
Article Number: | 356 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.21747/16451112/litcomp34a16 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 February 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 February 2018 | ||||||
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