Banca de DEFESA: BRUNA RAFAELLE DE JESUS LOPES

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : BRUNA RAFAELLE DE JESUS LOPES
DATE: 26/04/2023
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Plataforma Google Meet
TITLE:

THE POLITICS OF BODIES: POWER AND FAMILY RELATIONS IN THE CHARACTERS OF CARMEN LAFORET, MARILIA ARNAUD AND VARGAS LLOSA

KEY WORDS:

Power relations; female body; family relations; Marília Arnaud; Carmen Laforet; Mario Vargas Llosa

PAGES: 150
BIG AREA: Linguística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literatura Comparada
SUMMARY:

This dissertation questions possible similarities and differences between the demonization of female characters created by female authors and that which torments female characters developed by male authors. These questions incite the need to understand who these characters are in works of fiction. As such, the research done in this study considered the following objectives: investigate, by means of comparative study, the construction of subjectivities present in the observed characters related to relationships of power and the human body, in addition to erotism present in family relationships throughout the novels: Nada [Nothing] (1944) by the Spanish author, Carmen Laforet (1921-2004); O Pássaro Secreto [The Secret Bird] (2021) by the Brazilian author, Marília Arnaud (1960–); and Elogio de la madrastra [The Stepmother’s Praise] (1988) as well as Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto [The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto] (1997) by the Peruvian author, Mario Vargas Llosa (1936–). Furthermore, this study seeks to analyze how the maternal role of the female characters in these novels is rendered problematic, witnessing the tendency to break from the social expectations of how a woman should embrace motherhood. In order to develop and support this analysis, undertones of several theoretical precepts are referenced including: Mikhail Bakhtin’s notion of dialogism (1997, 1997, 2010, 2011); views of eroticism and sexuality from Georges Bataille (2014), Sigmund Freud (2006, 2020), and Michel Foucault (2012, 2013, 2014). Reflections on the notion of gender and gender culture as historical and linguistic constructions are also taken into account from the texts of authors Judith Butler (2003), Simone de Beauvoir (2019), Margaret A. McLaren (2016), and Susan Bordo (1997). The analysis of the text corpus reveals that the observed female characters in the chosen works refract the social context in which they are inserted, being exposed to the time and space of determined power relations. It is perceived that this deviation often results in the denouncement of their roles in family ties and as members of society. Furthermore, there is a distinguishable difference between the more complex female characters of Arnaud and Laforet and the more simple-minded ones of Vargas Llosa, demonstrating that there is a much deeper sense of anguish in the characters created by female authors.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - 1803529 - REGINA SIMON DA SILVA
Interna - 3351552 - ROSANNE BEZERRA DE ARAUJO
Externo ao Programa - 1673669 - GERARDO ANDRES GODOY FAJARDO - UFRNExterna à Instituição - MARGARETH TORRES DE ALENCAR COSTA - UESPI
Externo à Instituição - TITO MATIAS FERREIRA JÚNIOR - IFRN