A piece in the social game: death in Lygia Bojunga´s work

Authors

  • Clarice Lottermann Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Marechal Cândido Rondon

Keywords:

Lygia Bojunga, death, narrative, social context.

Abstract

The work of Brazilian author Lygia Bojunga focuses on the children’s universe marked by problems of economic, social and educational order, by violence and abandonment, by loneliness and confrontation of fears, by restrictions and overcoming of situations, and by a constant reflection about death, which appears associated with considerations about the vital importance of art and about issues of social order. In the work of the author is apprehended that death is inside life: it is a piece that is in the social game, in the inevitable clash of forces of different nature and in the exposure of the characters to life. Death is the contingency of life, even when it is violent. Beyond physical death (suicide, murder, abortion, accidents, illness), there are many references to symbolic deaths, of metaphorical nature, or little deaths, according to the concept introduced by Kovács (1992). In this article, the focus of the analysis is the presence of symbolic deaths in the work of Lygia Bojunga, and its relationship with social dynamics.

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Published

2016-05-20

How to Cite

Lottermann, C. (2016). A piece in the social game: death in Lygia Bojunga´s work. Raído, 10(21), 102–117. Retrieved from https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/Raido/article/view/5213

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Section

Dossier Interculturalism and Latin American women's writing