José Saramago: the survival of utopia

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https://doi.org/10.18309/ranpoll.v53i3.1833

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Levantado do chão

Abstract

This essay pretends to make a reading about the José Saramago’s novels starting with the sunshine metaphor of Levantado do chão up to the little intermittent lights that appears in Ensaio sobre a cegueira (Blindness - 1996), based on the ethical bet of his utopia’s survival. By means of Dante’s and Pasolini’s metaphors ((il sole et l’altre stelle) and the lucciole) reinterpreted by Didi-Huberman in The Survival of the fireflies, I would like to bring to light the author’s engagement. Saramago reinforces the human possibilities to undermine, by positive little attitudes, the dystopic context where the ends of the 20e century was drowning.

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Published

2023-02-16

How to Cite

Cerdeira, T. C. (2023). José Saramago: the survival of utopia. Revista Da Anpoll, 53(3), 23–40. https://doi.org/10.18309/ranpoll.v53i3.1833