Abstract

This research analyzes from a post-colonial perspective the short story Negrinha written by the Brazilian writer Monteiro Lobato. The short story is about the diffi cult life of a little orphan, the daughter of a slave, with the former mistress of her mother. Considering the relations between the two characters, subject and object, the article intends to apply the theory of subjectifi cation and objectifi cation. This theory reveals the strategies used by the mistress to impose herself as subject (agent) as well as the ways found by the girl to stop being an object and become a subject

Highlights

  • Um dos escritores mais influentes do século XX no Brasil, Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948) é considerado o precursor da literatura infantil brasileira, mais popularmente conhecido pela série Sítio do Picapau Amarelo

  • This research analyzes from a post-colonial perspective the short story Negrinha written by the Brazilian writer Monteiro Lobato

  • The short story is about the difficult life of a little orphan, the daughter of a slave, with the former mistress of her mother

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Summary

Rosilda de Moraes Bergamasco*

Resumo: A pesquisa empreendida apresenta uma análise sobre o conto Negrinha, do escritor brasileiro Monteiro Lobato, sob o viés dos estudos pós-coloniais. Diante das relações estabelecidas entre as duas personagens, de sujeito e de objeto, pretendemos aplicar a teoria da subjetificação e da objetificação, processos através dos quais podem se revelar as estratégias utilizadas pela patroa para impor-se como sujeito (agente), e que, por outro lado, também revelam as formas encontradas pela menina para deixar de ser um objeto e tornar-se um sujeito. Abstract: This research analyzes from a post-colonial perspective the short story Negrinha written by the Brazilian writer Monteiro Lobato. Considering the relations between the two characters, subject and object, the article intends to apply the theory of subjectification and objectification. This theory reveals the strategies used by the mistress to impose herself as subject (agent) as well as the ways found by the girl to stop being an object and become a subject.

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Rosilda de Moraes Bergamasco
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