Banca de DEFESA: ALEXSANDRO LINO DA COSTA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : ALEXSANDRO LINO DA COSTA
DATE: 31/07/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: CCHLA
TITLE:

DEATH-LENRNIN IN CIRANDA DE PEDRA AND IN A CONFISSÃO DA LEOA: NOVELS OF FORMATION AND THANATOLOGY

KEY WORDS:

death-learning; formation novel; contemporary literature; Lygia Fagundes Telles; Mia Couto.

PAGES: 170
BIG AREA: Linguística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literatura Comparada
SUMMARY:

 

This thesis develops and verifies the death-learning hypothesis: from the recurrence of the death as a theme in the novels Ciranda de pedra (originally published in 1954), by Lygia Fagundes Telles, and A confissão da leoa (2012), by Mia Couto, we observe how the process of death (dying, the dead, mourning, melancholy and the libidinal reinvestment in new beloved objects) works as a catalyst for human development in the protagonists who, immersed in many experiences of death (biological/natural and symbolic/ metaphorical), mature psychically, affectively and socially, configuring these works as formation novels (PINTO, 1990; MAZZARI, 2010; MORETTI, 2020). From a transdisciplinary theoretical foundation (Psychoanalysis, Biology, Social Ethnology, Philosophy and History), we discuss how dying and dealing with the dead have been configured in society, reverberating subjectively in the formation of the characters under analysis. Considering the existence of few works that relate the theme of death with literary works, the relevance of this research is ratified, which contributes to the area of studies of Comparative Literature, uniting Mozambican African literature and contemporary Brazilian literature of female authorship. By way of illustration, we offer briefly, in addition to the two novels that make up our corpus, other literary examples in which dying is presented as a theme, demonstrating its recurrence as a way of ratifying the wide presence of what we call here “death-learning”.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interno - 1299003 - DERIVALDO DOS SANTOS
Interno - 1675070 - JOSE LUIZ FERREIRA
Externa à Instituição - MARIA APARECIDA DA COSTA GONCALVES FERREIRA - UERN
Externa à Instituição - MARIA SUELY DA COSTA - UEPB
Externo à Instituição - WELLINGTON MEDEIROS DE ARAUJO - UERN