Name: BRUNELLA VASCONCELLOS ALVES
Publication date: 27/02/2026
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ANDRESSA ZOI NATHANAILIDIS | Presidente |
| EURÍDICE FIGUEIREDO | Examinador Externo |
| MARIA MIRTIS CASER | Examinador Interno |
Summary: The scope of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the female solidarity network in
the works A Falência, by Júlia Lopes de Almeida, and As Meninas, by Lygia Fagundes Telles,
as a form of resistance to the helplessness experienced by the female characters. Specifically,
through a review of the literature, the objective is to describe the history of feminist movements,
the problematization of female rivalry, and to highlight the importance of strengthening female
solidarity in confronting sexist oppression. Finally, it seeks to identify similarities and
differences between the works analyzed, both in relation to the historical context of each book
and in the representations of the unity of the female characters. To this end, using a comparative
methodology, the research draws on the contributions of researchers such as Mary
Wollstonecraft (2016), Simone de Beauvoir (1970), Pierre Bourdieu (2023), bell hooks (2019),
Tânia Franco Carvalhal (2006), Constância Lima Duarte (2003), Zahidé L. Muzart (2014),
Eurídice Figueiredo (2020), among others. Despite having been published in different historical
contexts of the 20th century, the novels are similar in the fate of the subversive characters, who
survive the neglect caused by male oppression through a network of female bonds. Thus, the
research points out that the writers, from a female authorship perspective, exempted the
transgressive characters from possible punishment, using female unity.
