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.