Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: BENIGNA INGRED AURELIA BEZERRIL

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : BENIGNA INGRED AURELIA BEZERRIL
DATE: 30/08/2022
TIME: 19:00
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KEY WORDS:

Maria Firmina dos Reis; History and literature; Women’s history; Abolitionist literature; Literary space.

PAGES: 67
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

Maria Firmina dos Reis was a writer, teacher and composer from Maranhão (1825-1917). Her  first  published  work,  Úrsula  (1859)  is  considered  the  first  abolitionist  novel  from Brazil. This work aims to investigate the space of memories in the Maria Firmina dos Reis’ literature. For this, the present research investigates the context in which the author lived: Maranhão in the 19th century and the space occupied by her in literature and the press. This work relates Firmina dos Reis' experiences as a black woman with the construction of her literary  space  with  the  objective  of  analyzing  the  black  and  female  protagonism  in  her works. The main sources listed for this investigation are the novel Úrsula (1859) and the short stories A escrava (1887) and Gupeva (1861). As sources of comparison are used the 19th  century  Maranhão  newspapers.  This  research  looks  the  literature  as  a  space  for Firmina dos Reis' memories by the concepts of Aleida Assmann, Jacques Le Goff, Maurice Blanchot and Michel de Certeau. This work consider the space built through writing as a place for the subject  to  act  in  which her experiences overflow in  literary representations too. Conceição Evaristo and Jacques Derrida think this system of representations linked to the  subject’s  experiences  and  their  contributions  are  relevant  to  this  work.  This  research also thinks the literature as a political space based on the considerations of Rene Rémond, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. It seeks to understand how Firmina dos Reis represents 19h century society in her literature, especially with regard to women and black people, as well as the possible criticisms that may arise from her plots, in view of her condition as a black woman in Brazil in the 19th century.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2277360 - MAGNO FRANCISCO DE JESUS SANTOS
Interna - 1170781 - MARGARIDA MARIA DIAS DE OLIVEIRA
Interno - 1280374 - RENATO AMADO PEIXOTO