Sketch of a cartography of the feminine in a short story by Mia Couto

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https://doi.org/10.35520/mulemba.2024.v16n30e65261

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O Cesto, a short story in the book O fio das missangas (2009), by Mozambican author Mia Couto, evokes reflections on the feminine and on their respective roles in mozambican society. With this in mind, this article first sought to reflect on female representation in literature, especially in African Literature of portuguese expression. To this end, we relied mainly on the contributions of Regina Dalcastagnè (2011) and Cynthia Wolf (1972). We also carried out a critical analysis of the short story, looking at how the character deals with her daily dramas and develops in the narrative. In order to organize these aspects of analysis, we used the psychoanalytical contributions of Joel Birman (1999) on femininity through hystericization. When we proposed a dialog between literary and psychoanalytic theories, we turned to Fábio Lucas (1982) and Sigmund Freud (2011). After the discussions and the critical analysis of the short story, we can see how female representations are historically organized in literature and how the psychoanalytic process of femininity is established in the literary character.

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João Kennedy Romeu de Sousa, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brasil

Mestrando pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da Universidade Regional do Cariri (PPGL-URCA), na linha de pesquisa Poéticas da Palavra, Cultura e Sociedade. É bolsista CAPES/FUNCAP (PDPG - PEE III). Possui graduação em Letras – Língua portuguesa e suas respectivas literaturas pela mesma universidade. Integra o grupo de pesquisa Corpora Llitera, em que realiza atividades de pesquisa na área de Poéticas da Tradição Oral, a partir do contributo teórico de Mikhail Bakhtin, de Ignez Ayala e de Sigmund Freud.

Edson Soares Martins, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brasil

Possui doutorado (2010) em Letras pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (PPGL/UFPB). Concluiu estágio pós-doutoral junto ao PROLING-UFPB. Atualmente é Professor Associado (Referência O) de Literatura Brasileira, na Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), onde também professor permanente no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras e coordenador do Programa, na mesma IES. Tem experiência na área de Literatura, com ênfase em Literatura Brasileira e Literatura Oral Popular, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: literatura brasileira, poesia, conto oral popular, além de estudar, à luz da contribuição teórica bakhtiniana, a narrativa curta moderna e contemporânea, as formas da estética oral popular e literaturas africanas. Editor-geral de Macabéa - Revista Eletrônica do Netll e Editor-Adjunto de Miguilim - Revista Eletrônica do Netlli.

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2024-12-30

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Vol. 16 No. 31 (2024): A Poesia Moçambicana pós-2000: temas e problemas

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