À procura de um rosto e de uma voz : o ensaísmo literário de Óscar Lopes e eu

After having evoked the type of human and pedagogical relationship which binds the author to Óscar Lopes, a global approach to his literary essays is attempted, taking account of the following main ideas: - the integrating aspect of the different áreas of knowledge of Óscar Lopes' essays; - the awareness that the literary text is an open-ended text to which each reader gives new life; - the assumption of the essays as a fragile attempt in search for meaning(s), which is connected to its dialogical aspect; - literary historiography as a narration which leads to self-awareness