Estudo das Cartas portuguesas, de Mariana Alcoforado

Abstract

The present work aims to make an analysis of the book Portuguese Letters, by Mariana Alcoforado, published in the year 1669. The first chapter made reference to the literary period in which the work is inserted, denominated “Barroco”. The Portuguese Letters were analyzed according to the precepts of Confessional Literature, in which they fit, for which the origins were used (Saint Augustine and Rosseau) and other authors that on this genre expose their ideas. Finally, the love speech was analyzed through the proposal of Roland Barthes, exploring some common aspects in Mariana's speech. As a conclusion of this work, I say that the studied subject is a great literary representative of the” Movimento Barroco” and of Confessional Literature and an icon of Portuguese Literature related to the expression of love.