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| Author(s): |
Débora Ballielo Barcala
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Assis. 2022-10-06. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Letras. Assis |
| Defense date: | 2022-08-04 |
| Advisor: | Cleide Antonia Rapucci |
| Abstract | |
Despite being widely discussed in the United States, Flannery O'Connor's (1925-1964) work is still little studied by the feminist criticism since it has been considered conservative and aligned to the dominant standards. This dissertation, however, demonstrates how the carnival and the grotesque articulate in Flannery O'Connor's work making it a space of subversion and cultural counter-production, by exhibiting extraordinary female bodies and behaviors and by questioning the socially established frontiers between masculine and feminine. In order to do that, the study is based on the works of Hugo (s/d), Kayser (2013) and Bakhtin (2013) about the grotesque, in addition to the works of Russo (2000) and Yaeger (2000) about the female grotesque and female authorship in the American South. Therefore, this work deepens the studies about the female grotesque in O'Connor's works, analyzing all her fictional work (novels and short stories) by establishing a dialogue with recent works about the subject and attributing new meaning to the subversive potential of the author's work. O'Connor's female characters are degraded from the southern femininity ideal, which overwhelms and limits them. Some characters try to approach such an ideal, without success, while others openly revolt against it, but in the end, the author's work proves that patriarchy and its form of organization of society are not enough to guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of women. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/21785-7 - The female grotesque as a protest instrument in Flannery OConnors work |
| Grantee: | Débora Ballielo Barcala |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |