José Saramago

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/jos-saramago

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was José Saramago born?November 16, 1922
2. When did José Saramago die?June 18, 2010 (age 87)
3. Where was José Saramago born?Azinhaga, Portugal
4. Who was José Saramago?He was a Portuguese writer born in 1922 who wrote many books and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998.
5. What is special about his writing style?He often wrote long sentences with very few punctuation marks, making his stories feel like a continuous flow of thoughts.

Stream of Consciousness: A narrative mode that depicts the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind of a narrator.
Allegory: A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Modernism: A broad movement in the arts and literature that rejected traditional forms and embraced experimentation and innovation.
Portuguese Modernism: A literary and artistic movement in Portugal characterized by experimentation with form and content, often reflecting societal changes.