Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-14T13:39:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 460557.pdf: 1839798 bytes, checksum: 4d9851d6ef5817f9ab62d6205b1f05c1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-26 / This thesis aims at investigating the fictionalization of death in four contemporary Portuguese novels : Apari??o, by Verg?lio Ferreira; Louren?o ? nome de jogral, by Fernanda Botelho; O triunfo da morte, by Augusto Abelaira; and As intermit?ncias da morte de Jos? Saramago. These novels were analyzed according to the concept of death proposed by the philosophical studies of Martin Heiddeger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Edgar Morin, Georges Bataille, Jean Baudrillard and Maurice Blanchot among others, as well as mythic, iconographic and historical aspects of the representation of death according to the studies of Phillipe Ari?s and Johan Huizinga. Some theories of Narratology were also used in order to understand the complex relation and representation of death in Literature. / O presente estudo investiga a ficcionaliza??o da morte em quatro romances da literatura portuguesa contempor?nea. S?o essas obras Apari??o de Verg?lio Ferreira, Louren?o ? nome de jogral de Fernanda Botelho, O triunfo da morte de Augusto Abelaira e As intermit?ncias da morte de Jos? Saramago. Para o estudo e an?lise dessas obras desenvolveu-se pesquisa em torno do conceito de morte estabelecido pela filosofia contempor?nea, atrav?s das teorias de Martin Heiddeger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Edgar Morin, Georges Bataille, Jean Baudrillard, Maurice Blanchot entre outros; assim como aspectos m?ticos, iconogr?ficos e hist?ricos da representa??o da morte a partir dos estudos de Phillipe Ari?s e Johan Huizinga. Associamos a esse material filos?fico e hist?rico conhecimentos da narratologia que nos permitiram entender a complexa rela??o e representa??o da morte no ?mbito da literatura.