Os olhos de Marina sou eu: uma abordagem do romance Giroflê, Giroflá de Cosette de Alencar

Abstract

This study proposes an analysis of Giroflê, Giroflá, work of the writer from Minas Gerais Cosette de Alencar, published in 1971. At first it seeks to situate the position occupied by the writer, as a woman in society. For this end, we present some notes on women's critical about the literary production and then a mapping of female intellectual production of the 1960s and 1970s in the city of Juiz de Fora. In a second step we seek to provide a narrative structure from concepts present in authors like Afrânio Coutinho (1976) and James Wood (2012), defining the elements: plot, time, place and characters present in Giroflê, Giroflá. Supported this work, among others, theorists like Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Elisabeth Badinter, Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda, Nelly Richards and Regina Dalcastagnè. The research was conducted with bibliographical search starting from articles, books, theses and dissertations related to the writer Cosette de Alencar and her novel in question, as well as consulting the Alencar family collection, duly deposited at the Art Museum Murilo Mendes - MAMM and the chronics of the writer published by Diário Mercantil that are in the custody of Juiz de Fora Historical Archives. Starting from the structural analysis of the romance as well as the context of its production and the place of enunciation filled by Cosette de Alencar, is intended to highlight the importance of her production to the literature from Minas Gerais and Brazil, as well as propose different views for analysis of her work not covered so far.