Joana transgressora: representações de gênero em "Perto do coração selvagem"

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the representation of women in Perto do Coração Selvagem by Clarice Lispector and investigate the way Joana shows herself in the work. The choice of the work Perto do Coração Selvagem by the writer Clarice Lispector is due to the more in-depth study of the representation of women in relation to gender roles. This work is a bibliographical research. The main focus is to analyze the female representation of the protagonist Joana, in the literary work. Considering that her attitudes towards the standards placed on the female figure at that time were not accepted by her, it is so much so that she always demonstrated thoughts, behaviors and attitudes outside of society's standards. In addition to the thorough reading of the book Perto do Coração Selvagem by Clarice Lispector, our conclusions regarding the analysis and reflection were based and focused on the theoretical assumptions of Clarice Lispector's books, as well as her biography. The result of the analysis and reflection confirm that the protagonist of the work Joana de Perto do Coração Selvagem, does not fit into traditional society, which dictates how women's behavior and attitudes should be. In the work in question, Clarice Lispector brings forth in Joana a personality under construction, which is slowly perfected and modified and which does not allow itself to be shaped by others, which has not allowed itself to deviate, as the novel constitutes the construction of a female representation based on the values personal and unique to her, with constant growth, improvement and maturation, always far from the roles imposed by gender.