The reverse side of embroidery – Inês de Castro, of Canto, of Manto – reinterpretation of Camões by Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão

Abstract

This article analyzes the rereading of the figure of Inês de Castro written by Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão, especially the poem Inês de Manto, published in the work Barcas Novas (1967). The research starts from the comparison between the representation of Inês in Os Lusíadas, by Luís de Camões, and the poetry of Fiama, observing how the Portuguese author of the 20th century dislocates a personage from the sphere of idealized and heroic love for a critical and contemporary perspective. Although Camões has contributed significantly to the literary construction of the myth of Inês, the rereading of Fiama proposes a rupture with this tradition, evidencing the feminine suffering based on material and symbolic signs. The analysis mobilizes concepts of intertextuality and rereading, aiming to understand how Fiama’s poetic language deconstructs the Camonian canon and proposes new forms of representation of women in literature.