Cross Story(ies): Fictional historiographical construction in Campos de Lágrimas by José Jorge Letria

Silva, Sara Reis; Gomes, José António; Ramos, Margarida

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Authors

Silva, Sara Reis

Gomes, José António

Ramos, Margarida

Abstract(s)

This approach focuses on the juvenil novel Campos de Lágrimas (2000) by José Jorge Letria, one of the most recognised and prolific authors in Portuguese Literature and potentialli suited for young readers. In this fictional account of unmistakeable historical inspiration, José Jorge Letria recreates an event of the collective memory, the European in this case, which is the Nazi Holocaust (and also implicitly the Spanish Civil War), describing the journey of a Portuguese family to the city of Weimar and the concentration camp of Buchenwald.

Keywords

History José Jorge Letria Portuguese Young Adult´s Literature Spanish Civil War

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/11439

Citation

GOMES, José António; RAMOS, Ana Margarida; SILVA, Sara Reis da (2014). "Cross Story(ies): Fictional historiographical construction in Campos de Lágrimas by José Jorge Letria", in Roig-Rechou, Blanca-Ana; Kenfel, Veljka Ruzicka (eds.) (2014). The representations of the Spanish Civil War in European Children's Literature (1975-2008). Frankfurt - Bern - Bruxelles - New York - Oxford - Warszawa - Wien: Peter Lang GmbH, ISBN 978-3-631-62245-2, pp. 255-262.