Representations of Violence in Conceição Evaristo’s Short Story “Ana Davenga”

Authors

  • Sebastião Marques Cardoso
  • Elen Karla Sousa da Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18309/anp.v1i43.1038

Keywords:

Literature and Society, Violence, Afro-Brazilian literature, Ana Davenga, Conceição Evaristo

Abstract

The literature of Conceição Evaristo describes the condition of black Brazilians, especially black Brazilian women, seeking to realistically portray their status in society. Her description follows the real context of violence against women and racial and social exclusion, showing that even within a group challenged by skin color, black women tend to be oppressed. The characters in her texts are described to us as laden with complaints about isolation, violence, submission, life in the slums, social exclusion, etc. From this perspective, we intend to analyze the short story “Ana Davenga” (2015), aiming to analyze how the theme of violence is structured. The text under consideration is a narrative which, although fictional, is similar to the life of many women in our society; although it is a literary text, it symbolizes real stories that, for the most part, remain unknown.

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Author Biographies

Sebastião Marques Cardoso

Sebastião Marques Cardoso: Doutor em Teoria e História Literária (2006) pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Mestre em Letras (1999) pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Graduado em licenciatura plena em Letras Português/Francês (1996) pela mesma universidade. Pau dos Ferros, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil. E-mail: sebastiaomarques@uol.com.br

Elen Karla Sousa da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Elen Karla Sousa da Silva: Mestre em Letras (2016) pela Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Graduada em Letras (2008) pela Universidade Estadual do Maranhão. Professora substituta na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil. E-mail: elenuema@gmail.com

Published

2017-02-03

How to Cite

Cardoso, S. M., & Silva, E. K. S. da. (2017). Representations of Violence in Conceição Evaristo’s Short Story “Ana Davenga”. Revista Da Anpoll, 1(43), 59–74. https://doi.org/10.18309/anp.v1i43.1038

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Section

SEÇÃO LITERATURA