Insanas ou insubmissas? O estigma da loucura em personagens femininas de Camilo Castelo Branco

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Nayara Helenn Carvalho dos
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/6287
• topic: Woman; Insanity; Characters; Mulheres; Loucura; Personagens; Camilo Castelo Branco; Castelo Branco, Camilo, 1825-1890 - Crítica e interpretação; Castelo Branco, Camilo, 1825-1890 Personagens - Mulheres; Mulheres Condições sociais Séc. XIX; Mulheres na literatura; Loucura na literatura; CNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::LETRAS::LITERATURA COMPARADA

This work intends to analise the female characters in the novels: A Sereia (1865), A doida do Candal (1867), A bruxa do Monte Córdova (1867) e A brasileira de Prazins (1882) by the author Camilo Castelo Branco. It is an analysis of the reasons and coditions that makes some characters to be considered insane. The present research is based on historical surveys by nineteenth century s searchers. As objective we intends to observe the characters path to understand the reason that take them to a tragical destiny in the end of the plot. Considering the fact the Camilo s characters are subversives, it will be questioned if the woman became insane or they are unsubmisses reagents to the conservative system of the time. Based on studies about the fiction of Camilo Castelo Branco, we will understand the reason that makes some woman characters assume the protagonism and other do the support function. With the approach that comprise madness in relation with the woman conditions in nineteenth century we intends to contribute to inovate views and different perspectives targed to the woman s reality in nineenth century and how Camilo approaches this questions on your books.