Vulgate's enigmas: Columbus as hermeneut

Authors

  • Alfredo Cordiviola Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v21i41.33420

Keywords:

Columbus, hermeneutics, Ophir.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the legacies of Columbus as the navigator who definitely changes the perceptions of the world, but also as the hermeneut who reads the Vulgate to inquire into the divine plans and the place that he himself would play before the singular events arising from the appearance of the Indiesin the episteme of the time. Following his understanding of the Bible, and the guidelines of his exegesis, we examine some of his writings, such as his letters, his chronicles and the work known as the Libro de las profecias, and we describe in particular the assignments given by the Almirante to toponyms and places like Ofir or Paradise, that, according to his interpretations, could confirm the condition of a sacred geography, forseen by the prophets and authorities, in which the existence of the Americas was already acknowledged.

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Author Biography

Alfredo Cordiviola, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Licenciado em Letras pela Universidade de Buenos Aires (1986), Mestre em Teoria da Literatura pela UFPE (1993) e Doutor em Estudos Hispânicos e Latino-americanos pela University of Nottingham, Reino Unido (1998). Completou um pós-doutorado na Universidade de Buenos Aires (2012). Leciona no Departamento de Letras, na Licenciatura presencial e na Licenciatura à Distância, e no Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Atualmente é professor titular em Teoria da Literatura. É também colaborador no Programa de Pós-graduação em Literatura e Interculturalidade da UEPB. Pesquisador do CNPQ, dirige o Grupo de pesquisa "Literatura hispano-americana colonial" desde 2004. Ocupa-se de um vasto conjunto de aspectos da literatura e da teoria, relativos em particular aos estudos latino-americanos, os estudos culturais e os estudos utópicos.

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Published

2016-12-28

How to Cite

Cordiviola, A. (2016). Vulgate’s enigmas: Columbus as hermeneut. Gragoatá, 21(41). https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v21i41.33420

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 41 (2016): Literature Studies

Section

Literature Articles

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