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Just like surrealism, this tendency
did not result in any particularly notable examples in Portuguese literature (except
for the work of the novelist and philosopher, Vergílio Ferreira, who introduced this
concept, theorising upon it and practising it in a vindicatory and controversial
fashion, using it in particular to rail against neo-realist aesthetics, both in
his narratives and essay-writing). It did, however, exert a decisive and
prolonged influence even on writers who were apparently somewhat removed from
its principles, such as José
Cardoso Pires or Urbano
Tavares Rodrigues, causing these authors to focus on the theme of the
absurd and on the need to make an active choice as an affirmation of freedom and
a denial of death.
© Instituto Camões, 2001
