Elisa Lispector: poética, memória e os dilemas da maternidade

Abstract

This dissertation aims to study, analyze and reflect on the manifestation of issues related to motherhood and its dilemmas in O Muro de Pedras (1963) and A última porta (1975), by the novelist and short-story writer Elisa Lispector. Check the relationship of the women in these narratives with motherhood, probe the conflicts faced by them, considering their subjective characteristics and the positions taken before society and themselves. It is the purpose of this research to investigate the aesthetics and poetics of the writer in the listed novels. It is understood that fear was a constant among Elisian beings, mostly women, who experienced ambiguous states of mind, went through geographical or interior displacements and did not adapt to the environment. In search of an anchor, they become mothers: Marta, biological mother by choice; Ana, foster mother. Both looking for personal fulfillment in motherhood, meaning for their lives and for the feminine being. In different maternity conditions, they maintain a conflicting relationship with the phenomenon in question, they feel alone and do not find the redemption they sought, although they have procreated or adopted a child, with the desire to receive in return the same dedication and love that they once gave to children. The methodological orientation for the development of this research was followed by the examination of the author's production, by the literary theory and by the analysis of historical, philosophical and sociological studies about the intended theme. Among the theorists studied to support the described understandings, the following stand out: Leila Perrone-Moisés (1998), Zahidé L. Muzart (1995), Constância Lima Duarte (1997, 2009), Rita Terezinha Schmidt (2008), Regina Dalcastagnè (2012), Maria José de Queiroz (1998), Tzvetan Todorov (2006), Linda Hutcheon (1991), Sandra Regina G. Almeida (2006), Elisabeth Badinter (1985, 2011), Mary Del Priore (2004, 2009, 2013 ) and Michelle Perrot (2003, 2007).