CRIANÇA-FLOR NA ARIDEZ DO ASFALTO: IMAGENS DA INFÂNCIA NA OBRA OLHOS D'ÁGUA, DE CONCEIÇÃO EVARISTO

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the multiple violence against black children in the short stories ―Zaíta esqueceu de guardarosbrinquedos‖‖ and ―Lumbiá‖, extracted from the book ―OlhosD'água" (2015), by the writer ConceiçãoEvaristo. We present the concept of ‗flowerchild‘, as we find that these black children's characters usually have a short lifetime, as well as flowers. To support our arguments, we will the conception of Poetic Ferocity (SILVA, 2018), which consists of the unique way in which black Brazilian female writers stage violence in their texts. In addition to the concept of Silva (2018), we will rely on the contributions of Pessanha (2018) and Reis (2021) who study black power and black childhood; Candido (1968) and (2010) from the perspective of studying the construction of characters, scenarios and plots that reflect social reality; Gouvêa (2005) who analyses the issues of the silencing and caricature of black characters in canonical literature from a historiographical perspective; the psychoanalyst Freud (2006) who discusses mourning and melancholy; the intellectual and psychiatrist Fanon (2008) who discusses racism and the impact of violence that generates mental illness. These discussions will be developed in dialogue with the researchers and intellectuals Franciane Conceição da Silva (2018) and Mirian Cristina dos Santos (2018) who address the perspective of violence as a character in the narratives of ConceiçãoEvaristo.