“Fresco, elas gritavam”: tradução queer comentada de um trecho da novela Pela Noite, de Caio Fernando Abreu

Abstract

Queer Theory emerges from the approximation of Gay and Lesbian Studies and Feminist Studies, expanding its scope beyond their binary views of sexualities (homo/hetero) and gender (man/woman). Accordingly, the concept of queer literature categorizes texts that, more than having gay and lesbian characters in them, disrupt traditional norms as they pertain to sexuality, gender and family, through literary elements and representations of queer subcultures and the sexual and gender identities within them. Therefore, the aim of the present work is to explore the queer elements present in the novel Pela Noite, by Brazilian author Caio Fernando Abreu, through an annotated translation. The translation project is grounded on the postulations from the interface between Translation Studies and Queer Theory, Queer Translation, and thus, it is antihomophobic by nature and follows the queering translation mode suggested by Démont (2018), which does not erase, nor reduce or domesticate the text's queer nature, rather it aims to preserve the text's potentially disruptive content. We explore the translations of those queer elements, building from the works of Harvey (1998) and Mazzei (2007), through the identification and analysis of them in the source text, the investigation of the challenges and complexities that rise in their translation, and then through the commentary on the approaches, strategies and solution we found and suggest for the translation.