Banca de DEFESA: BENIGNA INGRED AURELIA BEZERRIL

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : BENIGNA INGRED AURELIA BEZERRIL
DATE: 28/08/2023
TIME: 14:00
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KEY WORDS:

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

PAGES: 176
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, as well as the write's diary called O Álbum. This research looks the literature as a space for Firmina dos Reis' memories by the concepts of Aleida Assmann, Jacques Le Goff, Luís Santos and Silvana Oliveira. 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
Interno - 1280374 - RENATO AMADO PEIXOTO
Externa à Instituição - RÉGIA AGOSTINHO DA SILVA - UFMA