O nada no fim do túnel: relações entre o livro “Dias de Abandono” e o feminino à luz da psicanálise

Abstract

The present work is a psychoanalytical analysis of the book “The Days of Abandonment”, from Italian author Elena Ferrante. Art and feminine are two of psychoanalysis’ subjects of interest, art being a valuable tool for psychoanalytical fundamentals and feminine for having given the tools for the origin of the Freudian theory. Freud gave voice to women who were called hysterics at the time and theorized the psychoanalysis from what he heard. Later, Lacan expanded the Freudian discussion on the theme by saying that the woman is not-whole inserted in the symbolic order, for having castration as a mark in her body since birth. The novel analyzed tells the story of Olga, a woman who was left by her husband who asks for a divorce unexpectedly. From the psychoanalytical theory of the feminine, it was possible to see in the present work the relation between Lacan’s aphorism that woman does not exist, the position of the masquerade and female devastation expressed by Ferrante’s character. That way, Olga’s histories, her episode of devastation after the loss of love and her position on relationships with the Other illustrate the possibility - and many times need - to create a possible femininity from nothing, which is directly linked to being a woman.