Word ladies: the appropriation of voice in the works of Maria Teresa Horta and Ana Luisa Amaral

• Grant number: 14/26410-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2015
• End date: November 01, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Other Vernacular Literatures
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Marlise Vaz Bridi
• Grantee: Nicole Guim de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/09810-3 - Word Ladies: the appropriation of voice in the works of Maria Teresa Horta and Ana Luisa Amaral: step stage in Portugal, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

The work of Maria Teresa Horta is acknowledged for problematizing social and gender relations in our society. Her first book, Minha Senhora de Mim, was written in 1971 and seized by Portuguese censors following its publication. It could not have been otherwise, if we look carefully at the main trait of the book: erotic poetry written by a woman during Salazar's dictatorship. The objective of this project is to analize Minha Senhora de Mim in relation to Minha Senhora de Quê?, by Ana Luísa Amaral, as well as to collect cantigas de amigo (itálico) by which we can be inspired to observe whether parodical reconstruction is present in the poems of Minha Senhora de Mim and Minha Senhora de Quê?. We will depart from the assumption that the book was written by a woman during Salazar's dictatorship, a regime that limited the feminine figures to private spaces, without participating in the public sphere along with men. Therefore, we will build on the historical context of Minha Senhora de Mim in dialogue with the other mentioned works, so that we may understand the reason which led a woman to write poetry - one which takes the body itself as its theme - but becomes more problematic within totalitarian regimes. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

OLIVEIRA, Nicole Guim de. Word ladies: the appropriation of voice and body in the works of Maria Teresa Horta and Ana Luisa Amaral. 2017. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.