A OPRESSÃO MASCULINA NOS CONTOS DE MIA COUTO: UMA ANÁLISE DOS CONTOS “O CESTO” E “OS OLHOS DOS MORTOS”

Abstract

This work proposed to make an analysis of the tales “O Cesto” and “Os olhos dos mortos”, in the book O fio das missangas (2004), written by Mia Couto. It was tried, from the present investigation, to observe how the author represents the male domination in his works. To understand theoretically, the book is used A opressão masculine (2002) de Pierre Bourdieu. In the short story “O cesto” narrates the life of a woman who annulled herself to serve her husband and, tired of the life she led beside her husband, she starts to desire his death and becomes a more determined woman, but at the end of the story we have a turn of thoughts and her attitudes that lead her to return to the life she had before the death of her spouse. And, in the tale “os olhos dos mortos” can observe how physical and symbolic violence occurs in the character's life and how she decides to become free from oppressive marriage through the murder of her husband.