The year 1993, by José Saramago, published in 1975, portrays a society invaded by a despotic foreign coutry, which oppresses the native population. The date indicated in the title, as opposed to the publication of the book, points to a catastrophic future, which associates the poem with the dystopian genre. The atrocities committed violate the civil rights of the inhabitants of the occupied country. Thus, The y...
A atualidade de/em Incidentes em Antares
The myth of Faust narrates the pact ou deal of a human being with the devil, to whom he sells the soul in exchange for power, wealth and youth. The fulfillment of the pact depends on the belief in the existence of the devil, an entity that manifests itself late in Antiquity, but becomes part of Christian thought since the Middle Ages. The myth of Fausto expands during the Renaissance period and later, consolida...
O segundo número da Signo de 2017 desejou marcar os cinquenta anos da morte do escritor mineiro João Guimarães Rosa, ocorrida em 19 de novembro de 1967, três dias após a sua posse na Academia Brasileira de Letras.