Gonçalo M. Tavares: Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique (part 2)
7 Dezembro 2017, 10:00 • Helena Carvalhão Buescu
Notions of cruelty, evil, dystopias, biopolitics (Foucault) and panopticism (Bentham).
Discussion of the title of the novel around the concept of utilitarianism.
Development of the main character in the story: apprenticeship, fear and control. The importance of his German name and of the relationship with his father.
Relevance of the novel in the context of (contemporary) Portuguese literature.