"Parecia-me que todas as coisas ruins aconteciam com as mulheres": o universo feminino de Lya Luft a partir da construção das personagens protagonistas

Abstract

This research is dedicated to studying the construction and trajectory of female characters in the literary creation of Brazilian writer Lya Luft, taking as objects of analysis the following works: As Parceiras (1980), A asa esquerda do anjo (1981) and Reunião de Família (1987). Based on bibliographic research and literary analysis, as well as character and gender issues, the proposal aims to reveal the way in which Lya Lufts’s protagonist characters denounce female pain and discomfort, associated, above all, with the impositions of patriarchy's identity. The similarities in the way the characters are presented, the shared traits and the characteristic melancholy of the protagonists promote the implication of intertwining stories, simultaneously within the same literary universe. Since the search for authentic and personal female identities is still a challenge for contemporary women, the contact with Lya Luft’s writing and, especially, with her characters, offers ample space for (self)reflection about the condition of being a woman.