Espiritualidade e Utopia nas "Prosas Portuguesas" de Rafael Bluteau

Abstract

This article focuses on the topic of utopia and spirituality in Rafael Bluteau's Prosas Portuguesas. It stresses the connection between the author's spirituality and the search for a perfect, ideal language. In fact, these two themes are intertwined throughout his work. Although the Prosas Portuguesas do not constitute a fictional utopia, the author's critical discourse is full of utopian motifs, comprising mountains and pyramids, islands and ziggurats, ternary organizations and circular movements.