O não-lugar da mulher na sociedade patriarcalista do século XIX: uma leitura dos romances Madame Bovary e o Primo Basílio

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the non-place of women in 19th century patriarchal society from a comparative perspective. The analysis is based on the female characters Emma and Luísa, from the works Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert and O Primo Basílio, by Eça de Queiroz, from which we highlight the behavior and developments of the protagonists in the course of these novels that marked an era in French and Portuguese literature. From this perspective, the analysis is based on the narrator's gaze and his mastery of the objects narrated. In this way, it is hoped to discuss the awareness of the true emancipation of the female body in the face of an oppressive society that throughout history has relegated women to a secondary role, stereotyping them as a fragile and submissive gender that must always be in the shadow of the male figure. As for the methodology, this research presents a critical analysis of a bibliographic nature, supported by studies undertaken by Alambert (2004); Benjamin (1987); Brait (1985); Beauvoir (1970); Candido (1970); Carvalhal (2006); Dantas (2021); Durão (2020); Gomes (2013), among others. In order to delineate the role of women in patriarchal society in the 19th century and their insatiable quest for liberation.