Da letra ao inconsciente: dimensões do desejo perverso

Abstract

Based on several studies conducted by Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Elizabeth Roudinesco, Paulo Roberto Ceccarelli - among other important psychoanalysts of modern history - the main objective of this study is to try to unravel the perverse functioning’s intricacies in the short story "O perfume de Roberta", which is featured in a book with the same name written by Rinaldo de Fernandes. On the basis of the texts and ideas exposed throughout the paper, we will propose a possible reading of the Maranhão-born, Paraíba-settled writer’s work. We believe this work research will serve as an important tool for future studies, both with regards to the study of the social perverse functioning, especially perversion in literature, and studies related to the author’s work.