Analysis of the Portuguese historical-literary context, between the end of the 19th century and 1980, focusing the attention on the period of the Salazar dictatorship; literary representation before, contemporary and after the Salazar dictatorship; overview of the Portuguese modernist movement, in particular, the work of Fernando Pessoa and the Pessoa's heteronyms.
An overview of the Orpheu group and the Presença group will be proposed. Focusing on the existential humanism of Miguel Torga through the story "Vicente", on the neorealist novel "Uma Abelha na Chuva" by Carlos de Oliveira, on the post-modernist novel "O Delfim " by José Cardoso Pires, on the novel by José Saramago "Levantado do chão", following the fall of the Salazar dictatorial regime.