Aspetos da paródia em O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo, de José Saramago

Abstract

The purpose of this reflection is to find out how José Saramago (1922-2010) uses parody for the development of his narrative, both regarding the clear and effective deconstruction of the biblical text and the maintenance of certain elements found in the canonical accounts for later subversion. This last characteristic of the parody is hardly taken into account in the various critical readings on the construction of the fictional discourse in O evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo (1991), since clearly the «deconstructive» parody, with the full subversion of biblical texts, can already be seen at a first reading of the narrative.