Mulher de papel, mulher de talento: a representação da escritora na ficção em Reparação, de Ian McEwan, e em Um beijo de colombina, de Adriana Lisboa

Abstract

This dissertation aims at investigating the representation of the female – writer characters Teresa and Briony in the novels Um Beijo de Colombina (2003), by the Brazilian author Adriana Lisboa, and Reparação (2001), written by the British Ian McEwan. The main hypothesis focus on the possibility of female artist representation in Um Beijo de Colombina and in Reparação constitute literary works that break with the fictionalization of womenwriter character discourse in Künstlerroman and Bildunsgroman genres. This hypothesis is based on the fact that on the theoretical framework given by the researchers of those literary forms, the protagonists of both novels do not follow the heroine-artist representation trend because they project themselves beyond gender tensions and obstacles inserted by patriarchal society, benefiting themselves from new facets to exercise their profession. Throughout the course of this study, it is described the woman writer's struggle for personal emancipation and enhancement of female authorship, as well as the representation of women in fiction. The negative images of women impact on the traditional representation of female character writers who venture through the literary art in search for self- knowledge and professional fulfillment. The heroine-artists portrayed in fiction, within the Bildunsgroman and Künstlerroman genres, traditionally face negative destiny in their representations because it is difficult for them to harmonize personal and professional life. The protagonists Briony and Teresa, however, go through different personal and artistic improvement stages, through which they succeed in integrating both private and public life.