DOENÇAS MENTAIS, DOMESTICIDADE E QUEERNESS: PARALELOS IDENTITÁRIOS ENTRE AS PROTAGONISTAS DE AS HORAS (1998)

Abstract

This research, carried out through a bibliographical approach, aims to analyze The Hours (1998), a work by Michael Cunningham, which narrates the passage of a day in the lives of three women who live in different places and times, these being Virginia Woolf, a character based on the British modernist writer of the same name, in 1923, Laura Brown, a Californian housewife, in 1951, and Clarissa Vaughn, a New York editor, in 2001. Said analysis focuses on aspects of mental illness, based on theories such as Rosemary Garland-Thomson's on the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in society, domesticity, observed especially through concepts such as the problem that has no name, explained by Betty Friedan, and queerness, exploring this issue mainly through Teresa de Lauretis' texts on queer theory. The interpretation of said aspects will be based on, in addition to the cited texts, articles that allow a broader understanding of each of these, so that, after contextualizing these aspects in the narrative of each one, we can then interpret the nuances of each of the three protagonists in depth and draw parallels that make it possible to understand how they approach and distance themselves from each other with regard to their journeys and identity issues. This analysis allowed us to observe how, regardless of the specifics of one's identity, the search for one's own fulfillment is an issue that anyone can relate to.