As filhas da escuridão: a construção de uma narrativa distópica sobre o feminicídio

Abstract

This dissertation presents a composition on two levels: a fictional story, As filhas da escuridão, unpublished, written during the master's period, and a complementary reflective essay, serving as a writing diary, a basis for presenting the production process of the narrative. As filhas da escuridão is a dystopian novel about femicide written especially for young readers who are having their first contacts with this topic. The text narrated by Nísia, the main character, is a brief fictional and literary journey of my own experiences as a woman, of colleagues and of many others who inspired me with their stories, some who, unfortunately, were victims of femicide. In addition, authorial references, theoretical references, fictional and personal conversations guided the creation of the world, characters, plot and the entire writing of the novel. This dissertation is the result of a pioneering process in the stricto sensu pos-graduate program in Literary Creation at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF).