Paper short abstract:

The city of Lisbon is present in the Portuguese art and literature, mainly from the 16 century onwards, and there are many reasons that justify and contribute to this presence. Jorge Ferreira de Vasconcelos is one of the authors who emphasizes these reasons in the Comédia Ulissipo (c. 1561).

Paper long abstract:

The Comédia Ulissipo (c. 1561) is a long prose text, in which meet different literary influences, that, at the same time, characterize it as a work of the Renaissance and give distinctive aspects reflecting features of contemporary Portuguese society. The action takes place mainly in the city of Lisbon, but there are also references to India and maritime travel through the Atlantic and Indian oceans. The intrigue centres on the family of Ulissipo and the social relationships of its members, connecting the main character with the different spaces of the city of the same name, as a way of linking them in the wider plot. By exploring this text, which provides a cultural and linguistic testimony to 16th century Lisbon, it is intended to analyse the social and cultural activities associated with the most frequented places of the city.