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The Essayistic Touch: Saramago's Version of Blindness and Lucidity

2010; University of California, Los Angeles; Volume: 39; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5070/m3391010089

0160-2764

Krista Brune,

Literature, Culture, and Criticism

This paper analyzes José Saramago's Ensaio sobre a ceguiera and Ensaio sobre a lucidez as essayistic novels. After a theoretical overview of the essay as a genre, the paper focuses on the essayistic traits of these works and proposes a possible allegorical reading of these two novels.