About the Author

Sofia de Melo Araújo is currently working on her PhD in Literature at the Universidade do Porto, Portugal, on a state-funded merit grant by FCT, under the supervision of Professors Maria de Fátima Marinho and Fátima Vieira. Her main areas of research include Comparative Literature, the novel, Ethics and Literature and Utopian Studies.Fátima Vieira is Associate Professor of English at the University of Porto, where she has been teaching since 1986. She is the President of the Utopian Studies Society (Europe). Her research interests include Utopian Studies, Cultural Studies, Shakespearean Studies and Translation Studies. She has published widely and organized several conferences within these fields of study.