LITERATURA TRANSGRESSORA: POR QUE AINDA IMPORTA? UMA ANÁLISE DOS ROMANCES “É ASSIM QUE ACABA”, DE COLLEEN HOOVER, E “A VEGETARIANA”, DE HAN KANG.

Abstract

This final paper examines what Transgressive Fiction is from its historical and cultural context, through analyses of the contemporary works It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover and The Vegetarian by Han Kang. We see these novels as transgressive through psychoanalytic perspectives, as studied by Freud in his works Civilization and Its Discontents and Instincts and their Vicissitudes, and by Elisabeth Roudinesco in her work Our Dark Side: A History of Perversion, as well as philosophical and sociological perspectives, as studied by Foucault in The History of Sexuality: The Will to Knowledge. We present arguments that justify why these works are considered transgressive and why this type of literature continues to be relevant today, given the many violations and discomforts it brings to those who read them.