Saturno nos fiordes: a anatomia melancolica de Halldora em A desumanização, de Valter Hugo Mãe.

Abstract

This work was constructed with the purpose of investigating the melancholy present in the aesthetic construction of the character Halldora, in the novel A dehumanization of the contemporary Portuguese writer Valter Hugo Mãe. The narrative character, after losing his twin sister, starts to feed a poignant consciousness of life and self-esteem, as well as impoverished self-esteem. These characteristics are in line with the theories of Sigrimund Freud on the occasion of his undertakings in 1915 in the quest to understand melancholy by comparing it with the normal affection of mourning. For this, in addition to the father of psychoanalysis, we seek to anchor our study in the considerations of Kehl (2009), (2011), Peres (2010), (2011) on the melancholic complex, and Scliar (2003), Berman etc., to understand the historical-social and literary implications of melancholia. Aiming at understanding the contemporary Portuguese novel and character study, we used the theoretical contributions of Agambem (2009), Candido (2005), Gancho (1991) and so on. Finally, through this analysis it was possible to trace the melancholic anatomy present in the development of the character Halldora.