Theology and Literature: a theological approximation with Machado de Assis

Abstract

The theological discourse today is understood as something restricted to the ecclesiastical and clerical ambit. However, increasingly has been perceived openness to dialogue and broadening your horizons, within a globalized and secularized. The dialogue takes place when there is proximity to their interlocutors. Therefore, this work aims at approximation between Theology and Literature, the latter very well represented by Machado de Assis. In his Epitaph of a Small Winner, we find a machadian vision of man. Nevertheless, Theology, notoriously, is not without Anthropology. From this point in common, we awakened to think about God, who became Man to save us.