Fangirl talk
No, this is not anime talk.
It's literature talk.
Because I found myself thinking how awesome it was the interactions among brazilian writers in the 19th Century.
For example...
Castro Alves was a young man that wrote some poems and decided to show them to a famous writer (and politician), to get a critic from an expert. Who?
José de Alencar. (awesome ( Read more... )
It's literature talk.
Because I found myself thinking how awesome it was the interactions among brazilian writers in the 19th Century.
For example...
Castro Alves was a young man that wrote some poems and decided to show them to a famous writer (and politician), to get a critic from an expert. Who?
José de Alencar. (awesome ( Read more... )
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Anyway, I'm not very good at literature or familiar with our writers (shame on me, I know), but I was also amused by the interactions between them when I heard about them in class. ^^ Especially when Machado de Assis was involved, 'cause he's indeed awesome in many ways. XD Some Portuguese writers are also very interesting, personally.
However, I don't really like learning much about my favourite writers' lives and personalities. When their life stories turn out to be too sad, or when I find their personalities are less than pleasant, it sort of detracts the fun/beauty from their stories. I know it shouldn't matter, but it happens. It's one of the reasons why I'll never buy any books by Anne Rice, for example. :P
So, how's the fic going? ^^
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Almost everything I know it's from my classes. So I don't know a lot about them, but I always find those little stories very interesting X3
Machado de Assis is so awesome. He is a great writer and also a great person! His life is really interesting, I admire him a lot ♥
Their lives and personalities don't affect too much my reading, but at some point they do (eeeh... confusing. I don't know how to explain OTL). I understand what you mean!
This reminds me of Álvares de Azevedo... he died so young (only 21) ;___; Also, the legends about him are quite funny (and creepy), but unlikely to be true XD I admire him a lot for writing so much , considering I'm about the same age as him E eu nunca escrevi um "Noite na Taverna" na minha vida OTL. Or Castro Alves, whose brother commited suicide and he was the one who found the corpse ;___ ( ... )
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What are those legends about Álvares de Azevedo? XD I don't remember hearing any in class. Now I'm curious!
Huhu, that Brazil fic is promising to be so epic! XD (And the Iberic Union, yeah!)
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Well, it is said that in order to be a great writer (or artist in general), one must have had a sad childhood and/or live in misery. XD
I now have to wonder if those writers became great writers because of that, or if we have this belief based on those writers' lives. (It's like wondering which came first: "the egg or the chicken?" XD)
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