Female desire and subjectivity in English language narratives: fictional staging of love

Authors

  • Maria Conceição Monteiro UERJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2011n31a33049

Keywords:

adultery, body, erotic desire, feminism, subjectivity

Abstract

Focused on the novel produced within the scope of literatures in English language, the present text comprehends a thematic outline which highlights the narrative representations of conjugal life. The objective of this paper is to explore marriage in a double sense: the (perfect) “marriage” between the form of the novel and the representation of fictional loves; and marriage as the novel’s theme. Privileging the subtheme of adultery, as practiced by female characters, the analysis emphasizes the moments especially intense of passionate actions (“scenes”, in which desire explodes in textual form that is to a certain extent detached from the total narrative that it is part of). To illustrate the theory, we propose a reading of the novel The End of the Affair, by Graham Greene.

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Author Biography

Maria Conceição Monteiro, UERJ

Doutora em Literatura Comparada (Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) e Nottingham University, 1998) com pós-doutorado na área de Literatura Inglesa (Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP, 2002). Atualmente é professora titular de Literaturas de Língua Inglesa da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Pesquisadora do CNPq. Tem experiência na área de Letras, com ênfase em Literatura Inglesa, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: identidade, gênero, feminismo, gótico e narrativa.

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Published

2011-12-30

How to Cite

Monteiro, M. C. (2011). Female desire and subjectivity in English language narratives: fictional staging of love. Gragoatá, 16(31). https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2011n31a33049

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 31 (2011): Intercultural intersections

Section

Literature Articles

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