Clara dos Anjos de Lima Barreto: os modos de existir da figura negra feminina no subúrbio carioca do século XX

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze, from a sociological perspective, the ways of life of black women in the post-slavery period, through their fictional representation in the work Clara dos Anjos (1948) by Lima Barreto. To this end, an investigation was carried out into the constructive elements of the narrative, so that characters, spaces, vocabularies, among other aspects, are configured to justify the mischaracterization and discrimination of the black characters present in the work. With this purpose, and based on a solid theoretical foundation, the discussion is divided into three moments: in the first moment, literature and society are discussed, addressing sociological aspects and social representation, in this discussion, the theoretical contributions used include Antônio Cândido (1997), Aristotle (2008), Conceição Evaristo (2009), among others; in the second moment, the approach is articulated through the life trajectory and literary production of Lima Barreto, focusing on theorists such as Alfredo Bosi (2017), Zélia Nolasco Freire (2005), among others, and finally, in the third moment , an analysis is carried out on the construction of the figure of the black woman, in the light of the 20th century. The research is divided into three parts, in which issues such as discrimination, invisibility, relationships between individuals, spaces and races are highlighted, which are reflected in the characterization of the characters