Marcas de gênero na identidade do personagem Pátroclo em "The Song of Achilles", de Madeline Miller

Abstract

This research investigates Madeline Miller's novel The Song of Achilles (2011), focusing on the analysis of the narrative's protagonist, Patroclus. The main objective of the analysis is to understand how the character's maturation and the formation of his gender identity are developed. To achieve this goal, the research is based on studies of the Bildungsroman, identity, and queer theory, based on the following authors: Pulga (2016); Maas (2000); Hall (2006); Louro (2004); Butler (2018); Foucault (1988); among others. This work is characterized as exploratory research, with a qualitative and bibliographical approach. As for the analysis, the obstacles present in the protagonist's life that reflect on the formation of his gender identity were explored and observed, as well as how the character faces the social standard established in the society in which he is inserted. Through the analysis, it was possible to identify the external and internal stimuli that contributed to the main character's emotional, physical and social maturation.