Epitáfio para Luisa e Irene: prostituição, solidão e morte no romance brasileiro

Abstract

This thesis is about the novels Um ramo para Luísa, by José Condé (1959), and O voo da guará vermelha, by Maria Valéria Rezende (2005). The objective of it is to reflect on the representation of female prostitution in the literary world, demonstrating the relevance of the aesthetic look to enter the body prostituted in a society that describes effectively rules that sometimes controls, in a tyrannical way, the women behavior. Starting from the idea that prostitution is a conscious practice of business which the body is used for money or another financial compensation and / or material, with the possibility of infinite partners and several sexual experiences, we try to discuss why the prostitute integration is denied socially, thus reflecting on the way how the society condemns the harlot to loneliness and death. This study was based on understanding death advocated by Chevalier and Gheerbrant (2009) and Schopenhauer (2013). To analyze the concept of representation, as we understand in our reading, we use the postulates of Chartier (1990) and Hall (1997). To discuss loneliness, we based our ideas according to Dolto (1998), Freud (1973) and Gikovate (2006) studies. Other papers of relevant issues to our study were also used in order to emphasize the analyzes and reflections that have developed along this research. The importance of thinking about the prostitution issue is reiterated, by considering that such a job requires a (re) discovery and an insertion in the academic and scientific discussions.