(ANTI)PHYSIS : a libertina e as representações do feminino no universo sadiano

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyze the female characters, observing the differences and permanences of their writing, in comparison with the texts and ideals created in the same period of the century by writers considered fundamental within the writing of the text in formation in the 18th century, the novel. During the research, I had the opportunity to observe from the reading of the author Marquis de Sade, much studied in the field of psychoanalysis and disorders related to sexuality by a look that sought to face only his texts, their characteristics and the representations of their scenarios, stories and characters, without looking for the “monster” behind the book. This way of approaching the texts taught me to look more carefully at what is written and not look for a “being” that has turned to dust and can no longer be accessed as an individual, within its complexity, traditions and intentionality.