A Literatura de cordel portuguesa
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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ISSN: 1540-5877
Ano de publicación: 2012
Volume: 21
Páxinas: 195-222
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies
Resumo
This article analyzes the literary, linguistic, historical and cultural elements that define the genre known as literatura de cordel (chapbooks, cordel literature): the intertwining of orality and literacy, the mixing of popular vs. learned culture, the relationship between text and images; as well as the material and practical aspects of these chapbooks, such as number of copies printed per edition, the intended audience and readership, the bookshops where these prints could be acquired, their topics and style, etc