MODERNIDADE E ALEGORIA EM O CONTO DA ILHA DESCONHECIDA, DE JOSÉ SARAMAGO

Abstract

THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO INVESTIGATE THE SYMBOLIC-ALLEGORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE NOVEL THE TALE OF THE UNKNOWN ISLAND, BY JOSÉ SARAMAGO. BASED ON THE COMPARISON WITH THE UNIVERSE OF MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES AND MOVING TOWARDS THE CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES, THE ARTICLE ENDS BY PRESENTING THE ANALYZED WORK IN A MIDDLE GROUND, BOTH MODERN AND WITH PARABLES, MARKED BY ALLEGORIES. USING THE CONCEPTS PROPOSED BY WALTER BENJAMIN AND RESTATED BY JEANNE MARIE GAGNEBIN ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE ALLEGORY AT MODERNITY, THIS PAPER GOES ON TO IDENTIFY, IN THE ANALYZED TEXT, THE DILEMMA OF THE MODERN MAN.