A religião individual de Iohána: a neurose obsessiva em Lavoura arcaica, de Raduan Nassar

Abstract

This dissertation has as its research object the work Lavoura Arcaica (1989), by Raduan Nassar. The central focus of this study is on the character Iohána, father of the protagonist. We will investigate how the neurotic, obsessive and religious father influenced the construction of the narrative of André, the transgressive son. We will approach the topic of obsessional neurosis through the articulation between literature and psychoanalysis, since psychoanalytic practice has a strong inclination towards the uses and manifestations of language in both its imaginary and symbolic sense. In this way, psychoanalysis contributes significantly to the analysis of literary texts. We carried out a bibliographical research in the work of Sigmund Freud (1907, 1909, 1913), Jacques Lacan (2005), Joel Dor (1991, 1996) and other psychoanalytic authors and other related areas, aiming at texts that thematize obsessional neurosis and the concepts that are articulate with this theme. To this end, we describe the features of the obsessional neurosis structure and its rituals based on the studies of Sigmund Freud (1907, 1909, 1913), as well as analyzing the literary text and its relationship with portions of some biblical texts. When studying obsessional neurosis and relating its rituals to religious practices, we observed such aspects in the character Iohána