A (des)construção da personagem feminina em A carne, de Júlio Ribeiro, e em Uma aprendizagem ou O livro dos prazeres, de Clarice Lispector

Abstract

This undergraduate thesis aims to present the process of construction and deconstruction of the female character in literature and how the new profile of women was the counterpoint of the female standard established by the patriarchal society. Thus, it will be analysed the changing process of feminine personality over time that is reflected on female characters in the literature. The research is based on the profile of the characters from the works A Carne (1999) by Júlio Ribeiro and Uma Aprendizagem or O Livro dos Prazeres (1998) by Clarice Lispector, the respective works were chosen because they presented in their content a plot in which the female characters are not a passive agent due to their lived condition. Therefore, in the analysis of the characters (Lenita and Loreley) it is observed how both were ahead of their time because their behavior was in disagreement with what was expected for women at the time the works were written. In order to achieve the aim of this undergraduate thesis, a methodological process of bibliographic research was adopted, which will guide the discussion about the topic. Thus, it was possible to verify in spite of fictional works they can be similar to reality related to female image stereotypes. The theoretical basis of the research was made from the reading of theoretical texts of Butler (1990), Beauvoir (1976), Branco; Brandão (1989), Carpeaux (2008), Candido (2006; 1968), Coelho (1980), Duarte (1999), Edfeldt (2008), Figueiredo (2013), Gotlib (1995), Millet (1970), Moura; Santos (2004), Rabay; Carvalho (2001) and Saffioti (1967).