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“All for an empty tunic, all for a Helen” - eros and eris, from Troy to the Minas Gerais province
| Resumo: | This article deals with the reception in some Brazilian artistic works of the figure of Helen of Troy, with whom desire (eros) and discord (eris) are closely linked. The films Memória de Helena (1969 by David Neves and Vida de Menina (2004) by Helena Solberg (both based on the memoir Minha Vida de Menina (1942) by Helena Morley) and Elena (2012) by Petra Costa, will be analyzed. Although none is an adaptation or transposition of the myth of Helen as an individualized female figure, “the fame of the name” as Gorgias said (Encomium of Helen, § 2), indicates close approximations between aspects of the characterization of the protagonists of all these works and the most beautiful and seductive character in Greek literature. |
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| Autores principais: | Coelho, Maria Cecília de Miranda Nogueira |
| Assunto: | Helena de Troia Helena Morley David Neves Helena Solberg Petra Costa Helena de Troia Helena Morley David Neves Helena Solberg Petra Costa |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Departamento de Línguas e Culturas da Universidade de Aveiro |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Forma Breve |
| Resumo: | This article deals with the reception in some Brazilian artistic works of the figure of Helen of Troy, with whom desire (eros) and discord (eris) are closely linked. The films Memória de Helena (1969 by David Neves and Vida de Menina (2004) by Helena Solberg (both based on the memoir Minha Vida de Menina (1942) by Helena Morley) and Elena (2012) by Petra Costa, will be analyzed. Although none is an adaptation or transposition of the myth of Helen as an individualized female figure, “the fame of the name” as Gorgias said (Encomium of Helen, § 2), indicates close approximations between aspects of the characterization of the protagonists of all these works and the most beautiful and seductive character in Greek literature. |
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