Os guias de viagens de Fernando Pessoa e de Manuel Bandeira: uma leitura comparada

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a compared reading of the travel guides Lisboa: o que o turista deve ver (1925), by Fernando Pessoa and Guia de Ouro Preto (1938) , by Manuel Bandeira, in the scope of the studies in literature and tourism. The reading highlights the authorial intent in each text, the historical and cultural context in which they arose, and the political changes – considering that these guides are not only works of the Modernist movement, but also nationalist expressions in search of reclaiming the national identity. Additionally, the article places the guides by Pessoa and Bandeira in the historiography of tourism and literature, both in Portugal and in Brazil, and focuses on the fact that both texts reinterpret the cities, create myths and encourage a close look – that shifts between fiction and reality – on the city spaces in Lisbon and Ouro Preto.