Saudosismo

Saudosismo (which can be translated as nostalgism) was an aesthetic and philosophical movement of a nationalist character that developed in early 20th-century Portugal, shaping Portuguese literature, art, religiosity, and national identity.

Led by the neo-romantic poet Teixeira de Pascoaes, it reunited intellectuals like António Sérgio, António Carneiro and Jaime Cortesão around the task of 'regenerating Portugal' by means of a cultural renewal. The movement, which started in Porto around 1912, was based with a concept of the 'Portuguese soul' or 'national soul' that valued saudade as its quintessential manifestation. Pascoaes and other writers tried to portray this movement as a theory of humankind, where a mystic nationalism would advance the "Lusitanian Race".[1]

Emerging amid political crisis, with the launch of the First Portuguese Republic in 1910, and perceived cultural decadence, the saudosistas sought to reinterpret Portugal, its destiny, and its place in Western civilization, within a traditionalist perspective, drawing on symbols like sebastianism and from elements of Camonian poetics.[2][3][4]

The dominant section of the movement, centered on the journals Seara Nova (pt) and A Águia, advocated a moderate approach, focused on education and social reform. But a dissenting group, led by António Sardinha and opting for political action, soon broke away to align with Lusitanian Integralism. The movement's rejection of industrial society and its inclination towards Christian spirituality distinguished it from Portuguese modernism, then represented by the journal Orpheu (pt).[5][6]

Saudosismo's influence extended beyond Portugal, reaching both Brazil and Galicia. It found resonance among intellectuals around the galician journal A Nosa Terra (gl).[7][8]

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References

  1. ^ Blackmore, Josiah (26 August 2012). "Saudosismo". In Greene, Roland (ed.). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (4th ed.). Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 1259. doi:10.1093/acref/9780190681173.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-691-15491-6. OCLC 809249326.
  2. ^ Suárez, José I. (1991). "Portugal's "Saudosismo" Movement: An Esthetics of Sebastianism". Luso-Brazilian Review. 28 (1): 129–140. ISSN 0024-7413. JSTOR 3513287.
  3. ^ Amoruso, Michael (16 October 2018). "Saudade: the untranslatable word for the presence of absence". Big Think. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  4. ^ Ribeiro, Nuno (1 January 2019). Natário, Maria Celeste; Borges, Paulo; Lóia, Luís (eds.). "Fernando Pessoa e a poética do saudosismo" [Fernando Pessoa and the poetry of saudosismo]. Academia (in Portuguese). doi:10.21747/978-989-8969-26-2/VIAG. ISBN 978-989-8969-26-2.
  5. ^ Molina, César Antonio (2005). En honor de Hermes (in Spanish). Huerga Y Fierro Editores. ISBN 978-84-8374-497-0.
  6. ^ "1918 - António Sardinha - Testemunho de uma geração" [1918 - António Sardinha - testimony of a generation]. ESTUDOS PORTUGUESES (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  7. ^ Aglp, Academia Galega da Língua Portuguesa. Eloísa Álvarez / Isaac Alonso Estraviz: "Eugénio de Castro e a Galiza. Epistolário" [2008].
  8. ^ Estraviz, Isaac Alonso. "Relações de Teixeira de Pascoaes com escritores e intelectuais" [Teixeira de Pascoaes' relationship with writers and intellectuals] (PDF) (in Portuguese). O Portal Galego da Língua.
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