The Six Swans and the Girl Some considerations about the salvation in Simone Weil

Authors

  • Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19143/2236-9937.2016v1n1p97-123

Abstract

This paper aims to show the connection that Simone Weil´s thought has always had with the literature, specially with the fables and tales. Fables and tales have true insights of the Truth coming from the depths of humanity unconscious and after that become true believed and appropriate by the cultures and civilizations. Among these fables and tales, there is one that has fascinated since childhood Simone: The six swans by Grimm.  In it,Simone, an agnostic and still knowing nothing of Christianity,describes the role of the girl who has saved his brothers from a spell. This tale, certainly has prepared the meeting of Simone with Christianity, as well as reading she did the Christian narrative of salvation wich she has lived herself.

Keywords: Simone Weil; Grimm Tales; Theology and Literature.

Author Biography

Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

Doutora em Teologia Sistemática, Professora do Departamenteo de Teologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica  do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

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Published

2011-06-01

How to Cite

Bingemer, M. C. L. (2011). The Six Swans and the Girl Some considerations about the salvation in Simone Weil. TEOLITERARIA - Revista De Literaturas E Teologias, 1(1), 97–123. https://doi.org/10.19143/2236-9937.2016v1n1p97-123

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011): Só poetas: Mútiplas relações entre Poesias e Teologias

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