A peste de camus e a pandemia da COVID-19: reflexões sobre direitos fundamentais a partir da literatura

Abstract

This article analyzed the literary work The Plague, by Albert Camus, focusing on reflections on fundamental rights, based on literature. The central objective of the article was to answer the following question: how can reading a literary classic, Camus’ Plague, bring about legal reflections on issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and fundamental rights? The methodology used was a bibliographic review, with an emphasis on work after 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The specific objectives were: to analyze legal aspects of the literary work and make correlations with the COVID-19 pandemic. It was concluded that the book The Plague can contribute to reflections on the various human attitudes and feelings during the pandemic (fear, anguish, solidarity, selfishness, altruism, revolt, despair, etc.), as well as raising considerations about legal aspects, in special focus on fundamental rights, focusing on: the right to health, privacy, the preponderance or not of individual rights over collective or diffuse rights, which reinforced the important role of literature as a way of enriching the study of Law.