Abstract
Oscar Leal foi um escritor brasileiro-lusitano que desenvolveu sua carreira literária na virada do século XIX ao XX, dedicando significativa parte de sua produção intelectual à literatura de viagem. Sob uma óptica civilizatória e eurocêntrica, em suas narrativas prevalecia a tradicional constituição do olhar sobre o outro, com ênfase para o inusitado, o diferente e o pitoresco. No que tange ao gênero feminino, o autor lançava um olhar dúbio e contraditório, pois de um lado empregava um tratamento que coisificava a mulher e, de outro, dizia-se um veemente propugnador da emancipação feminina. A abordagem dessa dicotômica visão constitui o objetivo deste trabalho.
Oscar Leal was a Brazilian-Portuguese writer who developed his literary career at the turn of the 20th century, dedicating a significant part of his intellectual work to travel literature. From a civilizing and Eurocentric perspective, in his narratives the traditional composition of human behavior critique prevailed, with an emphasis on the unusual, the different and the picturesque. With regards to the female gender, the author casts a dubious and contradictory glance, because on the one hand he used a treatment that objectified women and, on the other, he said he was a strong proponent of female emancipation. The approach of this dichotomous view is the objective of this work.
Oscar Leal was a Brazilian-Portuguese writer who developed his literary career at the turn of the 20th century, dedicating a significant part of his intellectual work to travel literature. From a civilizing and Eurocentric perspective, in his narratives the traditional composition of human behavior critique prevailed, with an emphasis on the unusual, the different and the picturesque. With regards to the female gender, the author casts a dubious and contradictory glance, because on the one hand he used a treatment that objectified women and, on the other, he said he was a strong proponent of female emancipation. The approach of this dichotomous view is the objective of this work.
Translated title of the contribution | Between women’s reification and female emancipation: some contradictions of a brazilian-lusitanian travel chronicler (Oscar Leal, 1886-1895) |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 174-188 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Tabuleiro de Letras |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- Oscar Leal
- emancipação feminina
- reificação da mulher
- literatura de viagem
- travel literature
- female emancipation
- woman’s reification