O TESTEMUNHO INDIVIDUAL E COLETIVO EM “O MANUAL DOS INQUISIDORES”, DE ANTÓNIO LOBO ANTUNES

Abstract

This article proposes a theoretical view onmemory a nd testimony in António Lobo Antunes' novel The Manual of Inquisito rs. This literary work deals with thet raumatic aspects of Portuguese history: the di ctator ship of Salazar and the consequent Revolution of the carnations that endedu pover throwing thedictatorial government in force in the 70's. The charactersact as witnesses oft heevent sand lead the narrative thread, withth e historica levents as B ckground. Thus, the theorists Paul Ricoeurand Beatriz Sarlo help in the analysis of th e subject ftes timony and memory, whose content marks then tire narrative of Lobo An tunes.