A representação feminina em Foi assim e La strada che va in città

Abstract

This thesis intends to show, through the analysis of the female characters in the novels Foi assim and La strada che va in città, by Natalia Ginzburg, the influence that the paradigms of patriarchal society of the 1940‟s had on women and how they affected their lives. Based on the theories of Simone de Beauvoir, which treat the differences between men and women, we discuss the Italian author‟s critical view in relation to the exaltation of the masculine over the feminine. We also aim to demystify the subject of inferiority concerning female authorship from the perspective of Feminist Criticism (SHOWATER, 1994).