Literary research in Portuguese at Stockholm University encompasses a wide range of Portuguese-language literatures and authors from Africa, Europe, Asia, and South America. Literary texts are examined through diverse critical perspectives, including transculturality, gender studies, and postcolonial and postmodern theoretical frameworks.
Our research covers both individual authors and women’s writing from the Portuguese-speaking world, while also examining literature through broader sociological, transnational, and global perspectives. A key area of inquiry is Portuguese-language literature as world literature, with a particular focus on literary circulation, translation, and cultural mediation. Central research questions address why some literary works are translated and disseminated internationally while others remain confined to local contexts; which cultural mediators and institutions enable the circulation of literature across national borders; and how economic, linguistic, and geopolitical inequalities shape the selection, translation, and transnational dissemination of literary works.