Maria Sara as a relevant character

figuration of a new feminine by José Saramago in the portuguese novel

Authors

  • Maristela Kirst de Lima Girola UNILASALLE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-847X_12_8

Keywords:

José Saramago, The History of the Siege of Lisbon, character, portuguese patriarchy

Abstract

This essay aims to analyse the Saramago’s feminine character Maria Sara of The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989), showing how the writer represents the woman in the Portuguese literature in a different way, comparing with old fictional modes connected to female domesticity ideology. The study intents demonstrate the construction of this new fictional feminine figuration analyzing narrative categories as character and space in correlation. It emphasizes the love relationship between Maria Sara and Raimundo Silva, demonstrating how Saramago literary deconstructs the Portuguese patriarchy that was described in Cartilha do marialva ou das negações libertinas (1967) by José Cardoso Pires. The article shows that Saramago’s feminine characters have a strong potential of humanity and complexity.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2022-11-16

Issue

Vol. 12 (2022): José Saramago - Characters, Refigurations, Meanings

Section

Secção Temática

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows sharing the work with recognition of authorship and initial publication in Antropologia Portuguesa journal.