Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: JOÃO PAULO FERREIRA DE HOLANDA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : JOÃO PAULO FERREIRA DE HOLANDA
DATE: 15/12/2025
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência (Google Meet)
TITLE:

The Lamb and the Dragon: Artaud’s letters in Rodez

KEY WORDS:

Artaud; Christianity; Gnosticism.

PAGES: 75
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUMMARY:

During his time at the Rodez asylum (1943-1946), Antonin Artaud wrote letters to friends, family members, and doctors. Written in a state of constant inner conflict, these letters reveal a turbulent and intense relationship with Catholic Christianity. The French writer’s connection to Catholicism dates back to his childhood in Marseille and became increasingly dramatic after his trip to Ireland. In Rodez, Artaud developed a heretical religiosity based on Gnosticism, which he defended with his nails and teeth in front of his interlocutors: in this perspective, in which the cosmos is per se a battlefield where demonic forces exist as physical matter, the body, personality and sexuality are questioned. However, after a few years of fervent religiosity, Artaud turns against God and Jesus Christ, rejecting all forms of religion. His connection with religious content, therefore, cannot be reduced to madness, nor does it follow a straight line. A road of comings and goings, it shows a dualistic obsession that disturbs and organises the poet’s universe.

 

 

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Interno - 1149562 - ORIVALDO PIMENTEL LOPES JUNIOR
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