Maktub: writing, politics and occultatio of the femininein Lavoura Arcaica

Authors

  • Antonio Barros de Brito Junior Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Maria Petrucci Sperb Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i31.131911

Keywords:

Raduan Nassar, Judith Butler, Oedipal Complex, politics, silence

Abstract

This article discusses the occultation of the feminine in the novel Lavoura arcaica, underlining the indispensability of the narrative framing to the maintenance of patriarchal Law. It argues that the dance performed by Ana has political consequences, which motivate the masculinist elaboration of speech. Reporting to the Oedipal Complex, it contests the hypothesis that conceives André as the transgressor in order to locate him in consonance with phallocentric politics. Having as main reference Judith Butler, this text dimensionates the inevitability, fabricated and imposed by the Law, of feminine silence and, hence, of the political consequences caused by such subjectivity when freed.

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Author Biographies

  • Antonio Barros de Brito Junior, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
    Doutor em Teoria e História Literária pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Linguística, Filologia e Teoria Literária da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
  • Maria Petrucci Sperb, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
    Licencianda em Língua Portuguesa e Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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Published

2017-12-20

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2017): Literatura e política nos países de língua portuguesa

Section

Dossiê 31: Literatura e Política nos países de língua portuguesa

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How to Cite

BRITO JUNIOR, Antonio Barros de; SPERB, Maria Petrucci. Maktub: writing, politics and occultatio of the femininein Lavoura Arcaica. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 18, n. 1, p. 123–139, 2017. DOI: 10.11606/va.v0i31.131911. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/131911.. Acesso em: 13 mar. 2025.