A construção da subjetividade feminina em “Angélica”, de Lygia Bojunga

Abstract

The present study is situated within contemporary Brazilian children’s and young adult literature studies and aims to problematize the construction of female subjectivity in narrative, with an emphasis on power relations, mechanisms of silencing, and forms of resistance experienced by the protagonist. The research is qualitative and bibliographical in nature, and its corpus of analysis is the work Angélica (2019), by Lygia Bojunga, whose narrative reflects social tensions that dialogue with the historical context of the work, making the forms of resistance constructed by Angélica not restricted to the individual sphere but inscribed within a broader movement of authoritarian and patriarchal structures. The study is grounded in the theoretical assumptions of Michel Foucault (1988, 1979, 2008, 1996), articulated with feminist authors Simone de Beauvoir (1949), Judith Butler (1990), and Michelle Perrot (2005), as well as scholars who discuss the importance of studies in children’s and young adult literature, such as Maria Nikolajeva (2023) and Nelly Coelho (1981). The narrative demonstrates that the protagonist’s subjectivity is marked by social conflicts, making it essential to discuss how the plot reveals literature as a space for denunciation and identity construction. Thus, the study highlights the relevance of articulating literature and theory in order to understand the complexity of the practices that permeate the formation of female subjectivity and its power relations