Landscape, Nation and Literature. A reading of Paisaxe e nación: A creación discursiva do territorio, by María López Sández

Abstract

The concepts of landscape and of nation are essential in geography, but they’re also studied by other disciplines, as it occurs in the present case of the work analyzed, from the literature aspect. In this sense, it’s necessary to reinforce the interdisciplinary character in these studies. For this, we analyze how Maria López Sández’s essay enriches geographicaly, especially the process of creation and capacity of transformation of landscape and nation through literary works and the process of «mythification» contributed by them. In this way, we conclude that this essay offers ideas to consider with a prospective point of view to defend nations in a situation of subalternity.