(08/03/2024) Entre a culpa e a redenção: as interferências pessoais e sociais flaubertianas na construção da anti-heroína em Madame Bovary

Abstract

This work aimed to read the character Emma Bovary, protagonist of Gustave Flaubert's novel, Madame Bovary, discussing the main axis of analysis of the work: the mishaps in the construction of the controversial protagonist and the various influences regarding the inspiration for the development of the character that follows, from now on, as an analysis in studies and influences for the most varied conceptions of human behavior and, in particular, the understanding of the female universe and its path to reach the place of speech and space. Among such analyzed aspects, Emma Bovary escapes the stereotyped standards for the woman of the time, violating the prevailing models of that period. Flaubert, coming from a family environment segregated by patriarchal impositions, becomes an early adult and sees literature as an outlet for expressing his dissatisfaction with the social bourgeoisie in which he finds himself inserted, according to Vargas Llosa's essay (2015) and Jean Paul Sartre (1988). For such an understanding of the origins of these sexist rules and laws that have always restricted women, we approach some notes about the role of women throughout the ages according to Michelle Perrot (2016/2019), Mary Del Priore (2008) and Maria Rita Kehl (2015) comprising the scarifications in the female body and soul caused by sexist dictates, passing through the cluster of female characters of Realism fictions and seeing them as a symbol of innovation, freedom and rupture, just like Emma Bovary herself. Finally, we observe the implications and reflections of Flaubert's work in contemporary times and the presence of the iconic character in the most varied intellectual spheres, based on the conflicting figure of the novel, making her, more and more, an emblematic anti-heroine who influences the creation of modern novels and their controversial realities.