DE JACQUELINE A LA FOLLE: ÁGUA E LOUCURA EM BEYOND THE BAYOU, DE KATE CHOPIN

Abstract

T r rc ’ m y r ry B y B y u wr by K Chopin, starting from a discussion about relationships with the water, identity and mental insanity and how it relates to the transformation of Jacqueline into La Folle the mad one. Released in 1894, as part of the Anthology Bayou Folk, this short story narrates the trajectories of rupture and reconciliation between Jacqueline and the plantation Bellissime and yet the maternal relationship b w J cqu C ér P’ M î r . A c r u Am r c ci-ologist Patricia Hill Collins (2000), we identified in the narrative an attempt to deny black wom-anhood since Jacqueline is associated with the controlling image of the mammy, always willing to serve and sacrifice herself. It also referred to Bachelard (1998), in order to point out connec-tions between the waters of bayou and the maternal milk, which in the short story highlights the distance between the character and her mother. On the other hand, the same waters symbolize her resistance and separation between the character and the community around her, configuring a real and imaginary border which separates Jacqueline and the world.