Francisco de Sousa y su ‘oriente conquistado’

Eduardo Javier Alonso Romo

Francisco de Sousa: ‘oriente conquistado’

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Eduardo Javier Alonso Romo Universidad de Salamanca

Keywords:

Orient, Jesuits, Historiography of the Missions.

Abstract

The present paper examines the book of the Jesuit Francisco de Sousa (1649-1712), missionary and historian Brazilian- Portuguese-Indian. It treats itself of the Oriente conquistado a Jesu Cristo pelos Padres da Companhia de Jesus da Provincia de Goa (Lisbon 1710). After outlining the figure of the author, we analyze different aspects of the book like his object and structure, the used sources, the genres included in him, the historical and social testimony of his time, as well as his later receipt.

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Original in Spanish.

Author Biography

Eduardo Javier Alonso Romo, Universidad de Salamanca

Professor Titular de Filologia Portuguesa, na Universidade de Salamanca (Espanha). Dentre suas obras, destacam-se Los escritos portugueses de san Francisco Javier (Braga: Universidade do Minho, 2000); Simón Rodrigues: Origen y progreso de la Compañía de Jesús, contendo Estudio introductorio, traducción a partir de los originales portugués y latino, y notas (Bilbao/Santander, Mensajero/Sal Terrae, 2005) e Luis de Montoya, un reformador castellano en Portugal (Guadarrama/Madrid: Editorial Agustiniana, 2008). Integra o Grupo de Pesquisa ARCADIA BABÉLICA: Usos del Castellano, competencias plurilingues, cambio de los paradigmas identitarios en las Academias del Antiguo Régimen, que tem por objeto o uso do castelhano e de outras línguas, no contexto das Academias portuguesas do XVII e XVIII (metropolitanas e brasileiras).

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Published

2011-12-19

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Romo, E. J. A. (2011). Francisco de Sousa: ‘oriente conquistado’. MATRAGA - Journal Published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio De Janeiro State University (UERJ), 18(29). Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/26062

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Vol. 18 No. 29 (2011): The 18th Century

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Literature Papers

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