Literary Heritage and European Identity

• Autores: Peter Hanenberg
• Localización: Revista de Estudos da Religião (REVER), ISSN-e 1677-1222, Vol. 18, Nº. 3, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Religião, memória e identidade na Europa), págs. 31-40
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Thomas Morus' Utopia, Luís de Camões' The Lusiads or Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Nathan the Wise belong to the European canon – but are mostly read within their national linguistic contexts. It is necessary to recognize how much they have built a common European identity referring to concepts like critical thinking, the relation with extra-European cultures or tolerance. The module will suggest transnational readings of the literary heritage in its function as agent of promoting and translating European humanism.