O gesto e a crença em Romarias, de António Corrêa d'Oliveira

Abstract

Reflecting António Corrêa d'Oliveira's personal experience, but also the fundamental vectors of his sociopolitical and aesthetic-cultural context, the author's literary work combines images of rural life, the family sphere, patriotic ideals, and religious belief. Especially concerning the religious theme (which is announced in numerous titles of his poetic work), one can glimpse aspects of Oliveira's metaphysical inquiry and his theological meditation: the author originally rejected his initial sentimentalist vision of Christianity in favour of a pantheistic world view, only later to return to Christian orthodoxy. An interesting example of Oliveira's paradigm's shift is to be found in the poem Romarias, which combines pantheistic and theistic thought.