A jardinagem das memórias e o miosótis de um planeta desconhecido: memória e experiência do tempo na hermenêutica narrativista

Abstract

This is a comparative study between the ideas of the philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) and the novelist Milan Kundera (1929-) about the experiences of time and memory. It starts with an comparison of the ideas of both thinkers on selfness, history and the experience of time. In a second moment, the thoughts of both are placed in a critical confrontation, especially with regard to their respective understandings of the nature of the human experience of time and the limits of memory. Next, Kundera's ideas and hypotheses are examined in the light of Ricoeur's hermeneutics, with the intention of showing that this is where this hermeneutics is most intensely challenged, which best shows its philosophical valences. Finally, it is intended to show that this confrontation results in interesting convergences through which both thinkers offer similar and complementary perspectives for the purpose of cultivating a happy memory and a living experience of time.