Em cena a pedagogia vicentina para a salvação: representações da sociedade portuguesa durante os reinados de D. Manuel I e D. João III

Abstract

Amid the nuances of the "new" thoughts of the Renaissance, effusion of the great commercial voyages nautical and the outbreaks of pestes, Portugal was under the reigns of D. Manuel I and D. João III in full political development and intense incentive to intellectual and cultural activity. In this scenario Gil Vicente, a Portuguese court poet in the early sixteenth century. Of uncertain biography, Gil Vicente produced more than forty pieces with religious and comic themes. His works were collected in a compilation published by his sons in 1562. In this edition the Vincentian works were divided into works of Devotion, Farsas, Tragicomédias and Obras Minutos. In this work we will analyze three pieces of the set of Devotion works (the Auto da Barca do Inferno, the Auto da Barca do Purgatório and the Auto da Barca da Glória) and one of the category Tragicomédias (the Aggravated), is a critical one on the dissatisfactions of Portuguese society and the other pieces are a reflection on the judgment of souls (representatives of Portuguese individuals). The demoralization of Christian rules, the abandonment of faith and social ambition were the main criticisms of Gil Vicente in these plays, which creates his characters, to serve as examples of vicious and virtuous behavior. Having in this sense, the scenic Vincentian pedagogical commitment, because it taught the correct practices for the formation of a good Christian. In this research we will verify the ideal behavioral models for Salvation, proposed by Gil Vicente the Portuguese society of the sixteenth century, as well as to understand through the countermodels what were the criticisms of Gil Vicente and his perception of an ideal society.