Abstract
The purpose of this project is to research the barbarian theme manifestation in the following texts of the XIX and XX century Portuguese Literature: Mário de Carvalhos novel, Um Deus Passeando Pela Brisa da Tarde (1994), Herberto Helders tale, Teorema (1963) and the narrative Eurico, o Presbítero (1844) by Alexandre Herculano. The chosen literary texts have in common, besides the peculi…