O mal como violência cotidiana nos contos Tudo vermelho e O número perfeito, de Lindevania Martins.

Abstract

This article analyzes the representation of evil as a form of everyday violence in the short stories of Tudo Vermelho and O Número Perfeito by the Maranhense author Lindevania Martins,

highlighting how it manifests in a diffuse and everyday manner. The discussion shifts the concept of evil from a traditional metaphysical perspective to a relational and social approach. Methodologically, the research employs a qualitative bibliographic approach, based on articles, dissertations, and works from the period 2001 to 2025. The theoretical contribution encompasses the work of Saint Augustine, Paul Ricoeur, and Immanuel Kant, with notable emphasis on authors such as Hannah Arendt, with Eichmann in Jerusalem, and Tzvetan Todorov, who problematize how evil is embedded in social layers and human relations in the form of violence, and how literature serves an expository role to perceive and represent it critically. The results show that evil goes beyond physical acts of violence and subtly inserts itself into the layers of society and human relations, while at the same time confirming literature as a critical reflective tool