A valorização a mulher na obra de José Saramago: Blimunda e a mulher do médico, olhares que se cruzam

Abstract

This research aims to highlight the exploitation of women in the work of the Portuguese author José Saramago. We tried to find arguments that justify this proposal by systematically reading two of his texts: Memorial do convento and Cegueira. Served as study object trajectories traveled by Blimunda characters from the first title, and the doctor's wife, the second and thus was able to highlight and analyze, with the aid of literary theorists and specialists in the life and work of Saramago, traits that prove the importance of women, generally in their stories. Moreover, it was observed in the extracts contained herein and removed the works studied, how these women take control of the narrative of which they are part, assuming the role of protagonists. It´s important to register, as they begin to appear as the main characters, was also important to note the analytical gaze released by José Saramago, through their creations on the human condition in contemporary society, presenting women as output to the crises affecting the modern man