No. 32 (2023): Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses
Estudos

The Portuguese Mr. Bloom (?): : Orientalism in Ulysses and in Uma Viagem à Índia

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  • Miguel Oliveira
Capa do número 32 da REAP

Published 2024-01-02

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Abstract

Accepting reality and identity as a challange humans have always tried to escape, we prefer looking for Otherness elsewhere and imagining a place free from social constraints. The need for such a place in Western societies gave birth to the Oriental myth. Edward Said suggests Orientalism as a concept describing Western prejudices towards the distorted East. This essay aims to study Orientalism and Oriental representations in Ulysses (1922), by James Joyce, considering a possible relationship with Uma Viagem à Índia (2010), by Gonçalo M. Tavares. We aim to study how Oriental themes influence the narratives and understand the role of journeys in accepting reality and identity.

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