A Literatura de cordel portuguesa
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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ISSN: 1540-5877
Any de publicació: 2012
Volum: 21
Pàgines: 195-222
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies
Resum
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