In the fragile glow of existence, the seduction of the visible and the passion for the invisible. In memory of José Augusto Mourão

Abstract

This text traces the personal, intellectual and academic trajectory of José Augusto Mourão (1948-2011), Professor of Semiotics at the New University of Lisbon.

Keywords

• Semiotics
• text and textuality
• structuralism
• Algirdas Greimas
• morphogenetic and morphodynamic structures
• catastrophe theory
• biblical textuality
• the Order of Preachers