A caracterização da personagem morte na obra: as intermitências da morte, de José Saramago

Abstract

The present paper discusses the characterization of " death " character in the novel The Death Flashes (2005 ) , the writer José Saramago. Therefore, this monograph is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter, a brief history will be described on the life of José Saramago , especially with regard to his literary experience , involving the political events that took place in Portugal under the influence of Salazar and its consequences in the literary field . The second chapter consists of the theoretical framework , based on the theoretical study of E.M. Forster (1984 ) on: " flat character " and " round character " and its features in the narrative. With a theoretical complement on the character , the approach of Carlos Reis and Ana Cristina M. Lopes (1988 ) .