A literatura como exercício espiritual em José Tolentino Mendonça

Translated title of the contribution: The literature as a spiritual exercise in José Tolentino Mendonça

Márcio Capelli*, Alex Villas Boas

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

11 Downloads

Abstract

The article intends to present a hermeneutics of literature in José Tolentino Mendonça based on the notion of spiritual exercises. It is not a matter of sim-ply stating that the Portuguese poet is part of a religious tradition, but rather of understanding how, in his poetic work and in his understanding of literatu-re, the author reflects and refracts elements of Christian spirituality. To achieve this objective, the article’s argumentative path goes, at first, from a description of the tradition of spiritual exercises and their incorporation by José Tolentino Mendonça to a highlight of the speeches made at the spiritual retreat of the Pope and the Roman Curia, in 2018, occasion when Tolentino was the preacher.
Translated title of the contributionThe literature as a spiritual exercise in José Tolentino Mendonça
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)96-117
Number of pages22
JournalTeoliterária
Volume13
Issue number31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Dec 2023

Keywords

  • José Tolentino Mendonça
  • Literature
  • Spiritual exercises

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'The literature as a spiritual exercise in José Tolentino Mendonça'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this