Neither sacred nor profane

the demythologization of the feminine in Saramago

Abstract

In this article, the search for the origins of the main female characters parodied in Cain and The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, by José Saramago, in comparison with their fictionalization, aims to analyze the complaint about how the passages and prototypes in which they are circumscribed bequeathed a cultural mark in the reduced and limiting representation of women. It analyzes how the author breaks down the myths that shape our reality, by fictionalizing possible versions of women who are often portrayed as diabolical beings, involved with spells and mysteries, or relegated to an inferior plan where obedience is the only way to consecration.