Banca de DEFESA: WELLINGTON JOSE DE MELO

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STUDENT : WELLINGTON JOSE DE MELO
DATE: 31/08/2023
TIME: 13:15
LOCAL: CAC
TITLE:

The Failure of Telemachus: Images of Patriarchy in the Latin American Novel

KEY WORDS:

Latin American novel; patriarchy; thematology; telemachy; nóstos.

PAGES: 285
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUMMARY:

The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the representations of patriarchy based on a series of themes, motifs and topoi present in the novels Pedro Páramo (1955), Grande sertão: veredas (1956), Lavoura arcaica (1975), La hora azul (2005), Galileia (2008), Demasiados héroes (2009) and Azul corvo (2014). The narrators or protagonists find themselves under the shadow of the patriarchal paradigm and suffer its consequences, whether they overcome them or not. For the definition of patriarchy adopted in this thesis, the works of Lerner (2019), Beauvoir (1970), Delphy (2009) and Plastino (2016, 2017) are mainly taken into account. The contributions of Bakhtin (2018, 2019), González Boixo (1984, 2018), Eagleton (2003) and Pinto (1990) were equally important for this analysis and for the development of the concepts introduced. Through a critical-comparative approach, of an eclectic nature, priority was given to the identification of constants and variations of the themes, motifs and topoi initially identified, namely, telemachy, nostos, the demand of the ghost and the chronotope of home. From the critical analysis, new concepts were also introduced to account for the variables presented, namely, the archetype of the minotaur and the Comala and Ruinamérica chronotopes. In order to approach these thematic aspects, we first use the character-theme Telemachus as the common thread and thematic guide. Originally it represents the son in search of his father and returning home to join the violence of the patriarchal world. In our analysis, the Latin American doubles of Telêmaco became the prototype of a new archetype with Juan Preciado, who must break the father-son axiology in the search process to free himself from the patriarchal paradigm, in which he is unsuccessful. We call this conceptual scheme the Telemachus complex. In the novels analyzed, it was also noted that Juan Preciado's journey is fundamental, establishing a contrast with the original theme of Telemachus, from which he distances himself, since his return home does not imply integration into the patriarchy. At the same time, we identify that the later novels present rich updates of the archetype from the point of view of the comparative constants found. When analyzing the tragic element in part of the novels, we identify that they develop in closed, mythical and circular fictional environments, which we conceptualize as chronotope-Comala. Furthermore, the chronotope of the house turned out to be an ambivalent sign, a status quo maintenance space for the patriarch, a locus horrendus for the son, and is eventually traversed by the motif of ruin. At the same time, the assumption of precariousness, contradictions, and fragmentation of the relationships of these Latin American characters was identified as a constant that we call the Ruinamerica chronotope. Finally, we identify, in the comparison of the telematic doubles, a possible typology of its various variations in the analyzed works.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interno - 2291987 - ALFREDO ADOLFO CORDIVIOLA
Presidente - ***.934.184-** - BRENDA CARLOS DE ANDRADE - UFRPE
Interna - 2166090 - IMARA BEMFICA MINEIRO
Externo à Instituição - REI BERROA
Externa à Instituição - THAYS KEYLLA DE ALBUQUERQUE - UEPB