The Nocturnal Regime of Image in Antero de Quental's Poetry

Abstract

This work investigates the Portuguese poetry, analyzing the symbolism of the nocturnal image regime, assuming the structure of Gilbert Durand's imaginary. We seek to analyze, from a study on the poetry of Antero de Quental, how nocturnal imaginary regime emerges as a symbol of non-being, of eternity, of life as a dysphoric / negative term, while death appears as a euphoric / positive term. We will dialogue with the philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche - with regard to the dysonisiac dimension of Nietzschean aesthetics - and of Arthur Schopenhauer, discussing the world as will and as representation and demonstrating how these two philosophies dialogue with Durand's imagery within Antero’s poetry.