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Haver\u00e1 trilhos: Outras vozes se alevantam
\nRevista Bang! 31<\/a> (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opinion piece regarding the rewriting of myths and historical figures, its frequency throughout the times, some recent book examples, and how it aids in developing a more encompassing perception of History.<\/p>\n

Haver\u00e1 trilhos: Espelhos nossos
\nRevista Bang! 30<\/a> (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opinion piece addressing the representation of women in major film and television productions while also recalling the work of often forgotten female creators.<\/p>\n

Haver\u00e1 trilhos: Futuros pret\u00e9ritos
\nRevista Bang! 29<\/a> (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opinion piece pondering the narratives and politics present in the Star Wars<\/em> saga as well as in the films and television series surrounding it.<\/p>\n

Tale as new as time: manifestations of \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d and \u201cBluebeard\u201d in Jordan Peele\u2019s Get Out<\/em>
\nLiterature and the Arts since the 1960s: Protest, Identity and the Imagination<\/em><\/a>
\n(Jorge Almeida e Pinho and M\u00e1rcia Lemos ed., 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paper investigating how Jordan Peele\u2019s Get Out<\/em> becomes a new version of \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d as well as \u201cBluebeard\u201d, following the long tradition of fairy tales with political purposes and serving the most compelling of the three animal-groom films premiered in 2017.<\/p>\n

Haver\u00e1 trilhos: Por universos muito navegados
\nRevista Bang! 28<\/a> (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opinion piece on the apparently current tendency to return to fictional worlds already explored in previous works, weather by weaving new adaptations or spinning prequels and sequels, signalling some of the historical frequency of these revisitations and further dwelling on several recent literary and audiovisual examples.<\/p>\n

Preface: Leituras ao card\u00e1pio social
\nHerr Prosit L\u00ea o Card\u00e1pio ou Hoje jejuamos<\/em><\/a> (Lu\u00eds Filipe Silva, 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preface to Lu\u00eds Filipe Silva\u2019s novelette Herr Prosit L\u00ea o Card\u00e1pio ou Hoje jejuamos<\/em>, composed as part of the project Alimentopia \u2013 Utopian Foodways, sketching a layout of his work, both as a writer and an active player in the Portuguese artistic scene linked to fantasy and science fiction, while also pointing some particular aspects of this narrative.<\/p>\n

Preface: Um gosto a cosmos
\nUm Gosto a C\u00e9u no Lago do Breu<\/em><\/a> (Jo\u00e3o Barreiros, 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preface to Jo\u00e3o Barreiros\u2019 novella Um Gosto a C\u00e9u no Lago do Breu<\/em>, written for the project Alimentopia \u2013 Utopian Foodways, providing a small introduction to the author\u2019s characteristics, many of them present in this work of which some facets are equally highlighted.<\/p>\n

Away, foul creature! But not too far.<\/a>
\nThe Portuguese Portal<\/a> (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brief analysis of Alexander Herculano\u2019s novella \u201cA Dama P\u00e9-de-Cabra: rimance de um jogral\u201d [\u201cLady Goat-Foot: romance of a minstrel\u201d], meant to present the core features of both text and author to an international audience.<\/p>\n

Haver\u00e1 trilhos: Velhas melodias, can\u00e7\u00f5es novas
\nRevista Bang! 27<\/a> (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opinion piece marking the 40th anniversary of Angela Carter\u2019s The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories<\/em>, at a time when the author\u2019s The Sadeian Woman \u2013 An Exercise in Cultural History<\/em> also celebrates forty years, further emphasizing the necessity to deconstruct and oppose the narratives built into societies.<\/p>\n

Haver\u00e1 trilhos: Sem deuses nem dem\u00f3nios
\nRevista Bang! 26<\/a> (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opinion piece on the fictional portrayals of science, starting with the response to Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein; or the modern Prometheus<\/em>, as well as the book\u2019s connection to the 1814-1819 vitalist debate, and then moving to the representation of scientists on today\u2019s film and television.<\/p>\n

Marulhar
\nPalavras Correntes (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Definition of the word \u201cswash\u201d fashioned to describe the literary festival Correntes d\u2019Escritas and its experiences; part of a volume intended to serve as dictionary to this event.<\/p>\n

Tempo de paz, tempo de assombros<\/a>
\nRevista Bang! Online<\/a> (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christmas article for the digital edition of Revista Bang! relating the Victorian custom of telling spooky stories during the last days of the year to traditions linked not only to the merry season but also to the winter solstice, and ending with a small reading list of five chilling tales and two short stories comprising scares of a different kind.<\/p>\n

Haver\u00e1 trilhos: A bela, o monstro, e as metamorfoses
\nRevista Bang! 25<\/a> (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opinion piece considering how tales under the \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d type are to a certain extent imbued not only in Guillermo del Toro\u2019s The Shape of Water<\/em> and Jordan Peele\u2019s Get Out<\/em>, but also in Jeff VanderMeer\u2019s book Annihilation<\/em> and in the cinematic adaptation Alex Garland sprouted up from it.<\/p>\n

Haver\u00e1 trilhos: Anais do ontem e do amanh\u00e3<\/a>
\nRevista Bang! 24<\/a> (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opinion piece about the first season of the television series The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em> and the Patty Jenkins\u2019 film Wonder Woman<\/em>, viewed in the current sociopolitical milieu and accompanied by considerations about some other works by female authors.<\/p>\n

Destroying and creating identity: vampires, vampirism and society in Angela Carter\u2019s \u201cThe Scarlet House\u201d
\nDracula and the Gothic in Literature, Pop Culture and the Arts<\/em><\/a>
\n(Isabel Ermida ed., 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A close reading of Angela Carter\u2019s \u201cThe Scarlet House\u201d through the lens of the different forms of vampirism present in the tale.<\/p>\n

Preface: Dar novos futuros ao mundo para que o mundo termine tarde<\/a>
\nAs primeiras quinze vidas de Harry August<\/em><\/a> (Claire North, 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preface to the Portuguese edition of the science fiction novel The first fifteen lives of Harry August<\/em> by Claire North, outlining some of the allure of this genre too often regarded with misguided contempt and judged mostly based on stereotypes and sweeping generalizations.<\/p>\n

Review of Fashion Beast<\/em> by Alan Moore
\nRevista Bang! 16<\/a> (2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFashion Beast<\/em> is not one of Moore\u2019s masterpieces but it traverses some relevant themes, propelling conversations, becoming addictive. And it ends with the hint of something as unsettling as it is marvellous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do Belo Monstruoso: representa\u00e7\u00f5es de \u201cA Bela e o Monstro\u201d nos contos de Angela Carter \u201cThe Tiger\u2019s Bride\u201d e \u201cThe Company of Wolves\u201d<\/a>
\nMaster\u2019s dissertation, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A study of the central presence and importance of \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d in five tales by Angela Carter \u2013 chiefly \u201cThe Tiger\u2019s Bride\u201d and \u201cThe Company of Wolves\u201d but also pondering \u201cThe Courtship of Mr Lyon\u201d, \u201cThe Werewolf\u201d, and \u201cWolf-Alice\u201d \u2013, further positioning them within the folk and fairy tale tradition.<\/p>\n

Espelho meu, espelho meu, h\u00e1 algu\u00e9m que saiba quem sou eu?
\nRevista Bang! 14<\/a> (2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n

An article on how different forms of art have adopted and adapted the fairy tale \u201cSnow White\u201d.<\/p>\n

From perfect housewife to rebellious princess: Snow White as portrayed by Disney and by Tarsem Singh<\/a>
\nE-fabulations: e-journal of children\u2019s literature<\/a> (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comparative analysis of Disney\u2019s Snow White<\/em>, its prevailing influence, and the 2012 adaptation of the same fairy tale directed by Tarsem Singh.<\/p>\n

Review of L\u00e1grimas na Chuva<\/em> by Rosa Montero
\nRevista Bang! 13<\/a> (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cL\u00e1grimas na Chuva<\/em> wastes some of its world potential but is still a well constructed science fiction novel driven by a captivating crime fiction plot. And amidst the pages turning a few doubts and concerns arise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fringe<\/em> \u2013 Gloriosamente na periferia
\nRevista Bang! 12<\/a> (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n

An article about the science fiction television series Fringe<\/em> up until the end of its third season.<\/p>\n

Review of Para cima e n\u00e3o para norte<\/em> by Patr\u00edcia Portela
\nRevista Bang! 12<\/a> (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPara cima e n\u00e3o para norte<\/em> brims with originality, merriment, delight, allowing several different interpretations and closing with a tinge of new beginnings.\u201d<\/p>\n

No In\u00edcio e no Fim: Da Utopia, Eutopia e Distopia em Lord of the Flies<\/em> e nas suas Adapta\u00e7\u00f5es Cinematogr\u00e1ficas<\/a>
\nE-topia: Revista Electr\u00f3nica de Estudos sobre a Utopia<\/a> (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n

William Golding\u2019s Lord of the Flies<\/em> and its two film adaptations positioned within the field of utopian studies.<\/p>\n

Review of Mythago Wood<\/em> by Robert Holdstock
\nRevista Bang! 11<\/a> (2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMythago Wood<\/em> transpires Celtic mythology without being constricted by it, and even though the novel avoids the customary uses of such themes, it nonetheless has no intention of denying them, preferring instead to reinvent them. The effect is an original, surprising work, full of wonders and interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Review of O Quarto dos Horrores<\/em> by Angela Carter
\nRevista Bang! 10<\/a> (2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCarter once wrote she enjoyed putting new wine in old bottles, especially when the pressure of the wine made the bottle explode. In The Bloody Chamber<\/em> she foments such a rupture, the new wine splinters the old bottle and does the trick with the exact virtuosity of someone who admires the original and knows how to use it to create new voices, new stories, and charms of widespread reverberations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Review of Sonho Febril<\/em> by George R. R. Martin
\nRevista Bang! 9<\/a> (2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMartin never falters in destroying dreams or sacrificing characters, leading the narrative to paths not entirely happy but quite more plausible. The plot always manages to enthral, even though the first part clearly is the superior one. Martin controls the rhythm better in this first half, using the language to create an ambience indicative of the two opposing realities: Fevre Dream<\/em>\u2019s elegant luxury and the decadence of Julian\u2019s plantation. The repetition of certain words further assists in establishing a context and an imagery, but all this disappears when the action starts to quicken in the second half. Regardless, Sonho Febril<\/em> is an intelligent and captivating novel that shall endure in the reader\u2019s imagination far longer than some of its recent successors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Review of A Simb\u00f3lica do Espa\u00e7o em<\/em> O Senhor dos An\u00e9is de J. R. R. Tolkien<\/em> by Maria do Ros\u00e1rio Monteiro
\nRevista Bang! 9<\/a> (2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMaria do Ros\u00e1rio Monteiro produced an essential work for any The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u2019 active reader, for all Tolkien researchers, for everyone who deals with speculative fiction. And the ample bibliography presented allows this to be only the beginning of a vast journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Entre a multiplicidade<\/a>
\nPortal da Literatura<\/a> (2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A piece on the strangeness of declining knowledge of scientific or cultural areas written for the Ra\u00edzes section of website Portal da Literatura.<\/p>\n

Review of O Le\u00e3o de Oz<\/em> by Gregory Maguire
\nRevista Bang! 8<\/a> (2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cO Le\u00e3o de Oz<\/em> comes closer to Wicked<\/em>\u2019s dark charms but it still lacks some magic. Let us wait and see what happens on the promised fourth expedition to the lands of Oz.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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