The literature as a spiritual exercise in José Tolentino Mendonça

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 simply stating that the Portuguese poet is part of a religious tradition, but rather of understanding how, in his poetic work and in his understand...

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Autores: Cappelli, Marcio, Villas Boas, Alex
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositório:Teoliterária
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/64688
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/teoliteraria/article/view/64688
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:José Tolentino Mendonça
literature
spiritual exercises
literatura
exercícios espirituais
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Resumo: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 simply 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 literature, 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.