A audácia dessa mulher: representação e autoria feminina no romance de Ana Maria Machado

Abstract

The novel A audácia dessa mulher (1999), by Ana Maria Machado, in addition to addressing issues related to the representation of women and female authorship, is also known for challenging social conventions and questioning gender stereotypes. This dissertation aims to present a critical and comparative analysis of this work, focusing on its dialogue with the novel Dom Casmurro, by Machado de Assis, and other works of the western canon. In an attempt to understand how the novel reflects on the voice and place of women in society and literature, the study analyzes the female characters portrayed in the work and examines how they reinforce or confront traditional gender roles. In addition, we also seek to understand how Ana Maria Machado's novel brings into question the issues of female authorship and the place of women in the literary canon, through strategies such as the recreation of experiences lived by Capitu, the rewriting of these experiences from the the character's own point of view and the use of metanarrative procedures that expand its intertextual relations with the literary tradition. In short, this research with an interdisciplinary approach emphasizes how the work of Ana Maria Machado can contribute to a reflection on gender perspectives, contributing to the deconstruction of stereotypes and the promotion of equality, both in society and in literature.