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This article examines Jorge de Sena’s interrogation of power and resistance in O Fisico Prodigioso (1966). While the second half of the novella functions as a clear allegory for the Portuguese and Brazilian dictatorships of the mid-twentieth century, political oppression and repression are in fact deeply ingrained in Sena’s vision of society. The apparent freedom that is witnessed before and after dictatorship is not (and cannot be) universal, because for Sena even the power of discourse holds the potential for oppression. Drawing on Foucault’s work, the article posits that O Fisico Prodigioso’s shifting narrative functions as a call for continual resistance against oppression in all of its forms.

Narratives of Power and Resistance in Jorge de Sena’s <em>O Físico Prodigioso</em>