Representations of Women in Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Literature

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v8i0.3723

Schlagwörter:

Representation, Women, Brazilian Literature, Nineteenth-Century,

Abstract

This essay discusses the representation of women in nineteenth-century
Brazilian literature. Portraits of rich women, wives, lovers, widows and “old
maids” can be seen in the literature produced in that period, but every one of them is drawn by men.

Autor/innen-Biografie

  • João Roberto Gomes de Faria, Universidade de São Paulo

    JOÃO ROBERTO GOMES DE FARIA is a Brazilian critic and historian. He got his MA and PhD at the University of São Paulo and among his main publications are José
    de Alencar e o Teatro (1987), O Teatro Realista no Brasil: 1855-1865 (1993), Décio de Almeida Prado: um Homem de Teatro (1997), O Teatro na Estante (1998), Idéias Teatrais
    (2001) which received the Prize from Associação Paulista de Críticos de Artes, APCA.

Literaturhinweise

Alencar, José de. Obra completa, Rio de Janeiro, Aguilar, 1959, vol.2.

____. Obra completa, Rio de Janeiro, Aguilar, 1960, vol.4, p. 374.

Azevedo, Aluísio. O homem, São Paulo, Martins, 1970, p. 36.

Pujol, Alfredo. Machado de Assis, São Paulo, Tip. Levi, 1917, p. 240.

Ribeiro, Júlio. A carne, 11 ed., Rio de Janeiro, Ediouro, 1996, p. 30.

The New Oxford Annotated Bible, New Revised Standard Version, Eph.5, pp. 22-24.

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Veröffentlicht

2006-06-17

Ausgabe

Bd. 8 (2006): ABEI Journal 8

Rubrik

Voices from Brazil

Zitationsvorschlag

Faria, J. R. G. de. (2006). Representations of Women in Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Literature. ABEI Journal, 8, 131-142. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v8i0.3723