A loucura feminina e sua representação na trajetória de Blanche Dubois em um bonde chamado desejo

Abstract

This bibliographical research is focused on the analysis of madness in the female character Blanche DuBois, the protagonist of the play A Streetcar Named Desire, written by the American playwright Tennessee Williams. The analysis is guided in the conflicts which revolve around the character, causing her madness gradually. Fundamental to the analysis of the play are the concepts and theoretical references about the tragedy and social drama. Among the authors and works taken as references, we emphasize Aristotle and his Poetics; theories of Hegel and John Howard Lawson, for the study of modern drama, in addition to studies from Sandra Luna on the dramatic gender and the play which is the objective of this research. In order to basing ourselves on the theme of madness, one will count with the contribution of the author Elaine Showalter and her studies on the female malady. Such theories explored in the analysis, were essential to the development of this research, making clear the conflicts present in the story and its links with the endpoint of the character analyzed here.