Representação, espaço e deslocamento em O Lustre (1946), de Clarice Lispector

Abstract

This research aims to cast an eye on the novel O Lustre (1946) Clarice Lispector, which was written in the early 1940s, at which time there were several social changes in Brazil. This analysis focuses on the tension between the social representation and fiction, basing on an approach of the stereotypes that surround women for centuries, considering that history has given women a space demarcated by the representations and masculine ideals with remnants today. In this novel the central character gains importance in the process of representation of the other, as it is built from the context in which it is under the rule prevailing patriarchal society. The focus of this research was to analyze the representation, displacements and identity construction of woman in a Brazil in transition, comprising as social issues of the era, including the place or nonplace of women, were represented by the literary text of Lispector. This work also proposes an analysis, on aspects like time, plot, and to think it over punctuating commonalities between works O Lustre (1946) and A hora da estrela(1977), emphasizing the recurrence of a way of representing other in the work of the writer. Several theoretical reflections about modern romance, as well as criticism of this book, helped us in this study. The aim is therefore demonstrate that it Lispector through her works and instead gave voice to individuals, women, who silenced by history, marked his presence at events and receive deserved prominence through literature. Individuals, whose trajectory is marked by spatial displacement and imaginary seeking reinventing themselves questioning their truths. The woman studied is representative of contemporary people in the past.