Banca de DEFESA: DÉBORA LOANE DO AMARAL E SOUZA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : DÉBORA LOANE DO AMARAL E SOUZA
DATE: 25/07/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Auditório 3 Instituto Agora
TITLE:

SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE FEMALE UNIVERSE OF LA TÍA JULIA Y EL ESCRIBIDOR, LA FIESTA DEL CHIVO AND LA GUERRA DEL FIN DEL MUNDO, BY MARIO VARGAS LLOSA

KEY WORDS:

Mario Vargas Llosa; Latin American Literature; Evil; Male Domination; Sexual Violence.

PAGES: 265
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literaturas Estrangeiras Modernas
SUMMARY:

Mario Vargas Llosa was part of a select group of writers who became known for the boom in Latin American literature, a literary movement that occurred between the 1960s and 1970s and that led authors like him to gain worldwide prominence, driven by stylistic experimentation and an interest in portraying the complex social and political realities of Latin America. With his concern for portraying the social problems of Latin American societies, it is clear that the author was also interested in portraying the condition of women, and the multiple forms of violence they suffer throughout the narratives as they inhabit a universe marked by male domination. In this context, this qualitative and bibliographical research aims to analyze the construction of female characters in relation to the violence they suffer in Mario Vargas Llosa’s novels La Tía Julia y el Escribidor, La Fiesta del Chivo and La Guerra del Fin del Mundo, in an attempt to confirm whether sexual violation against women is a pattern in the construction of the female characters in his work. For this purpose, we shall analyze the voice that drives the entire plot and is responsible for presenting the female characters in the novels – the narrator. The aim is to analyze the choices he makes regarding the vocabulary used to describe scenes of sexual violence, to establish the interaction between the characters and their description. In this sense, we will also be observing whether the style of each particular work influences the representation of sexual violence against women and, therefore, the construction of the dynamics of submission and resistance. In the novels in which humor predominates, represented in this study by La Tía Julia y el Escribidor, it is clear that sexual violence against female characters is portrayed in a naturalized manner, even being enveloped in a certain eroticism (Bataille, 2021). In works of historical content, with more documentary aspects, represented here by La Fiesta del Chivo and La Guerra del Fin del Mundo, the author chooses to manifest a trail of social denunciation in the narratives. With this analysis, we arrive at the notion that the author tries to imprint in his work the sense of the presence of an evil (Bataille, 2022; Eagleton, 2022) that has its origins and ramifications in society. We also identify the unfolding of this evil in the form of the domination and sexual violence against female characters (Bourdieu, 2020; Chaui, 2017; Franco, 1984; Perrot, 2005). Therefore, we seek to bring this portrait of the female condition in the work of Mario Vargas Llosa, considering whether there is a creation of stereotypes, and if the role of these characters reflects or criticizes society.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1803529 - REGINA SIMON DA SILVA
Interna - 3351552 - ROSANNE BEZERRA DE ARAUJO
Externo ao Programa - 1805318 - FRANCISCO ERNESTO ZARAGOZA ZALDIVAR - UFRNExterna à Instituição - RAQUEL DE ARAÚJO SERRÃO - IFRN
Externa à Instituição - YANE DE ANDRADE RAMALHO - IFRN