ESTUDO SOBRE A SEXUALIDADE DA MULHER IDOSA NOS CONTOS “MAS VAI CHOVER” E “RUÍDO DE PASSOS” DA ESCRITORA CLARICE LISPECTOR

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the sexuality of the elderly woman in the short stories “Mas vai Chuche” and “Ruído de Passos”, by the protagonists Maria Angélica and Cândida Raposo, respectively, both written by the author Clarice Lispector. In addition, we discussed issues related to female authorship within the academy, evidencing the favorable increase. The main objective of this study goes through complex issues of knowledge, issues of how society behaved and still behaves today, and the stereotypes that were created around the sexuality of women, in the period of old age. The study was based on a qualitative approach, which was of great value for the interpretation of tales. The methods of analysis were literary and critical. Through them, we carry out an effort of critical interpretation to make the structures of the whole visible. Clarice Lispector was chosen because she is a popular writer, but she has great notoriety in the Brazilian and international literary field. To support this study, we used writings by Beauvoir (2009), Perrot (2019), Figueiredo (2020), Borges (2013), Adichie (2012), Foucault (1988), among other authors that fit the present study. This work is justified by bringing analysis contributions to Brazilian literature, since it reveals a gender perspective when analyzing the actions of the characters in the short stories.