The Aesthetics of the objectified man: Engagement and Narrative of Seeing and Blindness by José Saramago

engajamento e narrativa em Ensaio sobre a cegueira e o Ensaio sobre a lucidez, de José Saramago

Authors

  • Junia Paula Saraiva Silva Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2358-3231.2022n40p107-125

Keywords:

Essay;, Saramago, Bestified, Capitalism

Abstract

The works Essay on blindness (1995) and Essay on lucidity (2004) by the Portuguese writer José Saramago show the transformation of man into a bestialized being in the face of the capitalist system that turns him into a victim of his own creation. Saramago reproduces this human bestialization in writing through his own and instigating aesthetic, the reader of the essays is faced with the uneasiness of works that mirror the brutality of social capitalism. In this way, the author, through a well-defined path, leads us to understand the need for the struggle of the proletariat.

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Author Biography

Junia Paula Saraiva Silva, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Graduada em Psicologia pela Pontificia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da mesma instituição como bolsista Capes. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1051-1210.

Capa com um fundo vermelho rouge. Um óculos centralizado também em vermelho rouge, mas com tonalidade mais escura. Abaixo do óculos, há o nome da revista Saramago: amor e engajamento.

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Published

2022-09-09

How to Cite

Silva, J. P. S. . (2022). The Aesthetics of the objectified man: Engagement and Narrative of Seeing and Blindness by José Saramago: engajamento e narrativa em Ensaio sobre a cegueira e o Ensaio sobre a lucidez, de José Saramago. Cadernos CESPUC De Pesquisa Série Ensaios, (40), 107–125. https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2358-3231.2022n40p107-125

Issue

No. 40 (2022): Saramago: amor e engajamento

Section

Ensaios

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