https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/20870 2026-08-01T22:26:55Z 2026-08-01T22:26:55Z https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/49064 2026-07-25T06:27:54Z 2026-03-31T00:00:00Z

Title: O insólito caminho da ancestralidade em Conceição Evaristo Abstract: This thesis aims to analyze how Conceição Evaristo's literary and essayistic trajectory contributes to the understanding of the unusual narratives present in the work Histórias de Leves Enganos e Parecenças (2017). It starts from the hypothesis that such narratives do not fully fit into the traditional categories of the fantastic field, such as Animist Realism or Fantastic Realism, as they incorporate Black memories and ancestries that challenge these classifications and allow for a reading more aligned with Black-Brazilian life-writing. To support this proposition, the research also analyzes the works Ponciá Vicêncio (2003), Olhos d’água (2016), and Becos da Memória (2017), seeking to demonstrate the maturation of the categories of memory and ancestry throughout the author's writing. It is thus argued that this narrative reconfiguration promotes an epistemological reorganization in the reading of Conceição Evaristo's work and expands the possibilities for understanding black-fantastic narratives in Brazil.

2026-03-31T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/49005 2026-07-24T06:19:47Z 2026-06-03T00:00:00Z

Title: Corpos em disputa e representação (de)colonial: as masculinidades negras na ficção de Geraldo Ribas e James Baldwin Abstract: This research aims to compare the configuration of black masculinities – as (de)colonial instances – and their effects on the fictional representation of racialized bodies in Geraldo Ribas’s O laço encarnado and James Baldwin’s Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone. Initially, we examine the concepts of coloniality and decoloniality to demonstrate how the colonial matrix of power constructs, in countries marked by the racial experience, a system of oppression against the bodies of Black men. Such a regime is grounded in the ascendancy of hegemonic masculinity over other expressions of masculinity, operating through institutional decimation and a sophisticated discursive apparatus of image control that extends to the literary domain. Subsequently, through the concepts of mimesis/representation and the control of imaginaries, we contextualize the historical, social, and cultural conditions that guided the portrayal of Black men throughout the history of Brazilian and American literatures – an exercise that becomes essential for analyzing the masculinities in the works of Ribas and Baldwin which, despite being released in the same period, present profoundly distinct representations of Black bodies. Finally, we privilege the analysis of Ribas's text, which, by highlighting the Black male body as still confined to the bed and labor, reveals a colonial belonging; meanwhile, Baldwin, by proposing a multidimensional Black male body, subverts the control of imaginaries, enveloping his work in a deeply decolonial atmosphere.

2026-06-03T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/48890 2026-07-18T06:18:31Z 2026-06-30T00:00:00Z

Title: As Mulheres de Tijucopapo, Marilene Felinto (1982): romance de maternidade sob perspectiva da relação mãe e filha Abstract: This study analyzes the novel As Mulheres de Tijucopapo (1982), by Marilene Felinto, through the proposition of the analytical category motherhood novel, understood as a reading framework for comprehending narratives in which the maternal experience assumes a structuring role in both the organization of the plot and the construction of female characters. Through bibliographical research and an analytical-interpretative reading of the corpus, the study investigates how the narrator-protagonist, Rísia, reconstructs the maternal experience through memory, revealing a form of motherhood marked by ambivalence, conflict, precariousness, and resistance. The objectives are to analyze motherhood from the perspective of the daughter-narrator and to outline analytical criteria that make it possible to characterize As Mulheres de Tijucopapo as a motherhood novel within the context of contemporary Brazilian literature. Grounded in a feminist and intersectional theoretical approach, the research is organized into three chapters: the first discusses the historical constitution of the novel and formulates the concept of the motherhood novel; the second examines family relationships and the processes of the protagonist’s subjective formation; and the third proposes criteria for identifying this subgenre in the work under analysis. The findings indicate that Felinto’s novel shifts motherhood from the realm of idealization to that of critical problematization, highlighting the centrality of maternal experience in the narrative configuration and contributing to the expansion of interpretative possibilities for motherhood in Brazilian literature.

2026-06-30T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/48743 2026-06-10T06:19:11Z 2025-09-19T00:00:00Z

Title: O corpo feminino sob escrutínio: narradoras em contos de Márcia Denser Abstract: The objective of this research is to analyze the representation of the female body in Márcia Denser's short story collection, elucidating the construction of narrators and the relationships established between body and language in the author's fiction. In this context, this research highlights the short stories that comprise the corpus of this work: "Relatório Final" (Final Report), "Gladiador" (Gladiator), present in Diana Caçadora (Diana the Hunter), originally published in 1986, in addition to the short stories "Latin Over" and "Luz Vermelha" (Red Light) which are part of the short story collection Tango Fantasma (Phantom Tango), originally published in 1976, and finally, the short story "O último Tango em Jacobina" (The Last Tango in Jacobina), which is part of the work Toda Prosa II: contos escolhidos (All Prose II: Selected Stories) (2008). The literary analysis is anchored in gender theories and feminist studies, based on authors such as Judith Butler (2018), Teresa de Lauretis (1987), Michel Foucault (2013; 2019), and Elizabeth Grosz (2000). Contributions on feminine writing are also incorporated, from Hélène Cixous (2002), Michele Perrot (2019), Elódia Xavier (2021), and Nelly Novaes Coelho (1991), and on narrative theory from Gilda Neves Bittencourt (1999), Norman Friedman (2002) and in light of the concepts of scopophilia and male gaze proposed by Laura Mulvey (1975), we examine the self-reflexive gaze that the protagonists direct toward their own bodies, which materializes both the process of identity construction and the aspiration to subvert the meanings historically imposed by the hegemonic male gaze. The questions that guide the research are: how do narrative modes influence the representation of the female body and sexuality? How do these narrators see themselves and are seen within patriarchal culture? The results indicate that the narrator characters subvert traditional views of women, transforming the body and sexuality into instruments of symbolic power and critical reflection. It is concluded that Denser's writing reaffirms the importance of addressing feminine experiences from women's perspectives, contributing to deconstructing cultural paradigms and valuing narratives aimed at feminine emancipation. The research reinforces the relevance of the articulation between body, language, and narrative focus as a way to expand the debate on gender, power, and representation in contemporary literature.This translation maintains the academic tone and specialized terminology while making it accessible to English-speaking readers. The abstract effectively captures your research's focus on how Márcia Denser's female narrators challenge traditional representations of women through their embodied narratives and subversive storytelling techniques.

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