José Saramago

A window on the world

José Saramago

Thank you!

Covid

Video

Quotes

Colonialism

Presentation

Quote

Section

Index

José Saramago

Blindness

published in 1995

+info

In an unnamed city, a strange epidemic spreads: men and women become blind, one after the other. In an attempt to control the situation and the contagion, the government decides to intern the blind.

Ensaio sobre a Cegueira

José Saramago

"With our guts in peace, anyone can have ideas, discuss, for example, whether there is a direct relationship between the eyes and feelings, or whether a sense of responsibility is a natural consequence of good vision, but when the torture sets in, when the body drives us mad with pain and anguish, then yes, you see what a poor animal we are."

The new society created in the book is based on violence.

BLINDNESS

+info

+info

Colonialism occurs when two or more cultures come into contact.

COLONIALISM

" In my view we have not become blind, in my view we are blind, blind who see, blind who, though seeing, do not see. "

QUOTES

Film from 2008 directed by Fernando Meirelles. The rights to Saramago's novel were obtained after much effort. The author was reluctant to grant them for the content of violence, rape and brutality

Trailer

www.genial.ly

info@genial.

Name and Surname

Social dynamics we are facing today appear to be those present in the novel Blindness.By focusing on man, Saramago writes an anthropological essay on a species that is naturally inclined to domination.

BLINDNESS

Psychosis about the coronavirus seems to have transformed the world into a dystopian novel.Just think of the empty shelves of many supermarkets, people queuing up for basic necessities, looting and incidents of bullying and racism.

COVID

Thank you!