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Saramago, através das falas das personagens de seus romances, busca fazer com que seus leitores se
questionem e questionem o mundo em que vivem. Neste sentido, a questão que norteou este trabalho
foi: Como é retratada a velhice e a finitude da vida nos romances de Saramago? Para tal, teve por objetivo
buscar, em algumas das obras de José Saramago, personagens idosas que através de seus discursos levem
os leitores à reflexão sobre as diferentes preocupações que afligem a sociedade contemporânea,
especialmente na velhice. O próprio Saramago afirmava que escrevia para pensar sobre circunstâncias da
vida que o inquietavam. É fato que grande parte da obra de José Saramago foi produzida quando ele já
era uma pessoa idosa. Assim, desde a saga dos Mau-Tempo de Levantado do chão, passando pelo oleiro
Cipriano Algor de A caverna, e chegando ao elefante Salomão de A viagem do elefante, Saramago faz uso
de personagens simples, comuns, para questionar o mundo em que vivemos e leva seus leitores à reflexão
sobre a velhice e a finitude da vida, que sempre chegam.
Saramago seeks to make his readers question themselves and the world they live in through the lines of the characters in his novels. Thus, the question that guided this work was: How is old age and the finitude of life portrayed in Saramago's novels? To this end, it aimed to seek, in some of José Saramago's works, for elderly characters who through their speeches lead the readers to reflect on the different concerns that plague contemporary society, especially in old age. Saramago himself stated that he wrote to think about life circumstances that troubled him. It is a fact that much of José Saramago's work was produced when he was already an elderly person. Thus, from the Mau-Tempo saga of Levantado do chão, to the potter Cipriano Algor from A caverna, and the elephant Salomão in the A viagem do elefante, Saramago makes use of simple, common characters, to question the world in which we live and leads his readers to reflect on old age and the finitude of life, which always arrives.
Saramago seeks to make his readers question themselves and the world they live in through the lines of the characters in his novels. Thus, the question that guided this work was: How is old age and the finitude of life portrayed in Saramago's novels? To this end, it aimed to seek, in some of José Saramago's works, for elderly characters who through their speeches lead the readers to reflect on the different concerns that plague contemporary society, especially in old age. Saramago himself stated that he wrote to think about life circumstances that troubled him. It is a fact that much of José Saramago's work was produced when he was already an elderly person. Thus, from the Mau-Tempo saga of Levantado do chão, to the potter Cipriano Algor from A caverna, and the elephant Salomão in the A viagem do elefante, Saramago makes use of simple, common characters, to question the world in which we live and leads his readers to reflect on old age and the finitude of life, which always arrives.
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José Saramago Velhice Personagens idosas Mundo Finitude da vida Old age Elderly characters World Finitude of life . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades
Citation
Maria Irene da Fonseca e Sá (2021). A velhice nos romances de José Saramago. In Joaquim Pinheiro (coord.), Olhares sobre o envelhecimento. Estudos interdisciplinares, vol. II, pp. 103-115. DOI: 10.34640/universidademadeira2021sa ISBN: 978-989-8805-65-2
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Centro de Desenvolvimento Académico, Universidade da Madeira