Banca de DEFESA: Isabela Gomes Parucker

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : Isabela Gomes Parucker
DATE: 23/08/2022
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: PPGHIS
TITLE:

Cartographies of the possible: feminist literary dystopias and time in the study of History

KEY WORDS:

Dystopia. Time. Feminist Literary Dystopia. Writing of History. Body

PAGES: 159
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

The present thesis examines how the dystopian imagination, in its feminist literary form, provides understanding on the concept and experience of time, making this form of thought a tool for the study of history. Thus, we analyzed the language used by the authors of three dystopian feminist novels to translate into writing the experience of time, with figures of language and analogies that transform women's bodies into vectors and loci for experiencing time. The three works were selected because they fit into the genre of literary dystopias (with feminist outlines) as well as have female authorship. They also have in common plots that stem from the issue of sexual and reproductive control of women, an element of the story that highlights the presence of female bodies in the creation of the narratives. The three books (Red Clocks, by Leni Zumas, 2018; Future Home of the Living God, Louise Erdrich, 2017; When She Woke, Hillary Jordan, 2011) are relatively recent works, published in the second decade of the 21st century, and all three are set in the USA. By studying three literary pieces, it was possible to identify a peculiar way of temporalizing time – i.e., the transformation of time into temporalities – which points to a gendered experience of time, that is, an experience of time imbued with matters of gender. From this perspective, we understood that the writing of the body is a way of transporting forms of apprehension and interpretation of time to the text, making literary dystopia, therefore, an exercise in the understanding of time and temporalities. In such a way, the research also indicated that writing is a methodological resource and is part of the formulation of a logic, of the development of a proposition. The present thesis is, in such a manner, an exercise on the theory that dystopia is a noteworthy tool for history when it comes to the interpretation of time, a fundamental element of our discipline.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - JULIO CESAR BENTIVOGLIO - UFES
Externa à Instituição - KARLA ADRIANA MARTINS BESSA - UNICAMP
Presidente - 1644442 - DANIEL BARBOSA ANDRADE DE FARIA
Interna - 1713766 - SUSANE RODRIGUES DE OLIVEIRA