https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/20870 2026-06-20T19:22:46Z https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/48743 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. 2025-09-19T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/48659 Title: Mulheres no sertão: sonho e silêncio representação da figura feminina nos romances regionalistas O Tronco (Bernardo Élis) e Jazigo dos Vivos (Geraldo França de Lima) Abstract: The proposal of this thesis is to analyze the representation of the female figure in the novels O tronco by Bernardo Élis, and Jazigo dos vivos by Geraldo França de Lima, in order to demonstrate the historical prejudiced view of the female figure, inherited from the patriarchy, and the similarities and differences between the respective regionalist novels. For a long time, women were seen as inferior beings, created from man and to serve him, capable of becoming evil beings. In the novels analyzed, the female figure still appears represented under the influences of the patriarchal system that was still very present in Goiás in the 1950s and Minas Gerais in the 1960s. To understand this inferiorization of the female figure, we sought to identify the historical-religious roots of the patriarchy that served as a structuring and legitimizing element of such practice. The approach started from a reading of the popular imagination and some historical excerpts related to the role of women in Brazilian society. From there, we proceeded to analyze the novels O tronco and Jazigo dos vivos, seeking to identify how women were represented and what contributed to this occurring. Finally, a comparison was made between the two novels in order to identify whether there was any similarity in the way Bernardo Élis and Geraldo França de Lima represented the female figure in their respective novels and what corroborated this occurring or not. 2025-07-17T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/48617 Title: Ancestralidade e identidade negra feminina em Conceição Evaristo, Alzira Rufino, Alda Espírito Santo e Conceição Lima Abstract: This dissertation engages in a critical discussion of literary production authored by Black women. The study mobilizes four fundamental female voices in the composition of a corpus comprising the poetic works Poemas da Recordação e outros Movimentos by Conceição Evaristo (2021), Eu, Mulher Negra, Resisto by Alzira Rufino (1998), É nosso o solo Sagrado da Terra by Alda Espírito Santo (1978/2010), and A dolorosa raiz de Micondó by Conceição Lima (2012). Taken together, the analysis of these works highlights the constitution of an intellectual praxis grounded in ancestry and the recovery of legacies of resistance against white, racist, classist, and sexist hegemony—byproducts of the structures of domination inherent to the colonial system. Fundamentally, this research posits poetry as a device of existence capable of unveiling and problematizing the complex matrix of historical oppression, foregrounding poetic discourses that seek to destabilize and reconfigure epistemological standards traditionally imposed upon Black women within social, political, and cultural spheres. Supported by an interdisciplinary theoretical framework encompassing studies on ancestry, identity, colonialities, postcolonial theory, and intersectional Black feminism, this dissertation seeks to contribute to the visibility of a body of literature that directly confronts narratives legitimizing colonialism in Brazil and across the African continent. These works engage in redefining Black female subjectivity, dismantling pre-established images through marginalized corporeality and vocality, resulting in the emergence of a new epistemology experienced through the authors’ “escrevivência” (writing-as-lived-experience), which promotes the decolonization of speech and inscribes an identity substance of (re)existence. Therefore, the primary objective of this dissertation is to analyze Black women’s writing through the lens of ancestry as an axis of identity affirmation, examining its incidence in the configuration of the represented subjectivities. Methodologically, the research is grounded in an extensive bibliographic survey incorporating scholars such as Joel Candau (2011, 2021), Manuel Castells (2000), Kabengele Munanga (2006, 2008), Neusa Santos Sousa (1983), Stuart Hall (2006, 2014), Caio Prado Júnior (2000), Emília Viotti da Costa (1988), Aimé Césaire (2020), Frantz Fanon (2002, 2008), Aníbal Quijano (2005), Lélia Gonzalez (1988, 2020), Nelson Maldonado- Torres (2022), Walter Mignolo (2003, 2014), Sueli Carneiro (2003, 2019), Catherine Walsh, Grada Kilomba, Gloria Anzaldúa (2000), Kimberlé Crenshaw (2004), Carla Akotirene (2019), and Patricia Hill Collins (2002, 2019), among others of equal relevance to the attainment of the study’s results. In this regard, it was verified that these writings constitute an act of identity refoundation, in which the pain of the historical past is transmuted and metabolized into a political and subjective force essential to the construction of a new existential and social order. 2026-02-27T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/48599 Title: Das águas ao céu: um estudo do personagem Joaquim na tessitura e na iconografia de Vereda da Salvação, de Jorge Andrade Abstract: This study undertakes an investigation into the representation of the character Joaquim in Jorge Andrade’s dramaturgical work Vereda da Salvação, through an articulation of textual and iconographic analysis. The inquiry begins with a biographical contextualization of the playwright and an examination of the social and political transformations in Brazil during the 1950s and 1960s, which informed the real events that inspired the rural plot of the play. Particular attention is devoted to Andrade’s stage directions, which function as a crucial component of his dramaturgy, detailing settings, costumes, and gestures, while simultaneously constructing Joaquim as a figure marked by hallucination. Yet, within the dialogical fabric of the text, Joaquim emerges with greater complexity, embodying practices that suggest spirituality as a pathway to confronting social injustice. The analysis further encompasses a comparative study of the official photographs from the two productions of the play directed by Antunes Filho in 1964 and 1993, preserved in the memorial archive of Sesc São Paulo. These images underscore, both in the initial staging and in the revival following Andrade’s death, the religious atmosphere and collective ecstasy that permeate the work, thereby illuminating how the actors’ performances render visible and intensify the dramatic dimensions of faith. Through this juxtaposition of text and image, memory and performance, the study contends that Joaquim in Vereda da Salvação, by surrendering to the supernatural and religious ecstasy, transcends his social condition as a sharecropper and is projected as a symbol of the pursuit of social justice and spiritual liberation. 2026-02-25T00:00:00Z