Words and Stories. Palavras e Histórias.
This is not really a literary analysis. It's just a gush of enthusiasm for one of R. L. Stevenson's jewels — a two-word jewel that has been sitting under my nose for years, but which I only really saw this morning. In the silence of a countryside morning, a woodpecker is pecking away at one … Continue lendo [Literary analysis] A felicitous phrase
I was scrolling down a streaming platform the other day when a film caught my eye. And it wasn't only because of Rebecca Ferguson's enchanting face — it was the title, which sounded extraordinarily poetic. Despite the Falling Snow. Granted, as a movie title this is maybe not very good. It leaves us confused about … Continue lendo [Poetry analysis] Despite the Falling Snow
It's fascinating to see two literary texts which, though written 180 years apart, match as perfectly as if one author had meant to answer the other. The first text is a prose passage from the novella René, by French writer François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848). The second is a short poem by the German philosopher Frithjof … Continue lendo [Translated poetry analysis] Disquiet and stillness
Beatriz Becker 