Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: AMANDA PARENTE VIEIRA

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DISCENTE: AMANDA PARENTE VIEIRA
DATA: 31/10/2024
HORA: 14:00
LOCAL: QUALIFICAÇÃO DE DISSERTAÇÃO
TÍTULO: Queer Fantastic in Jeanette Winterson’s The Passion (1987)
PALAVRAS-CHAVES: The Passion. Queer Fantastic. Fantastic Literature. Queer. Psychoanalytic theory. Jeanette Winterson.
PÁGINAS: 57
GRANDE ÁREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
ÁREA: Letras
RESUMO:

This research proposes to analyze the novel The Passion (1987) by Jeanette Winterson, focusing on the fantastic and queer dimensions of the text. The Fantastic, conceived as a space of uncertainty for both the characters and the implicit readers, appears as an eruption within the fictional reality, disrupting the realistic trajectories of the text. This dissertation argues that this function of the Fantastic mirrors conceptions of Queerness, particularly as theorized by Queer theorists engaging with the concept of queer negativity. Thus, The Passion is understood as a text that approximates the discourse of the Fantastic and the discourse of Queerness by utilizing the Fantastic as a narrative mode to contend with Queer alterity. In this context, the main objective of this research is to identify how the Fantastic operates as a mode of Queer storytelling in the Passion, approaching the Fantastic and the Queer as negative forces that destabilize the narrative. In order to achieve this, three specific objectives are outlined: an examination of the theoretical background that foregrounds a relationship between the Fantastic and the Queer; an assessment of the critical reception of The Passion, situating the novel within the fields of Fantastic and Queer literature; and an analysis of the narration of the novel’s two distinct protagonists, Henri and Villanelle, so as to understand how the Queer Fantastic is developed through their unique points of view. The theoretical framework for this research draws on authors who have written on the Fantastic, such as Todorov (1973), Jackson (1981), Hume ([1984] 2004), Ceserani (2006), Bessière (2012), as well as scholars of Queer theory such as Butler (1993), Jagose (1996), Edelman (2004), Berlant (2012, 2014), and Halberstam (2011). Psychoanalytic theory also forms a critical foundation, with the works of Freud (1953, 2003) and Lacan (1999) serving as a tool to understand both the Fantastic and Queerness as disruptive forces. Therefore, this study examines in The Passion the literary strategies that formulate the Fantastic and Queerness as sources of social and narrative transgression.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Interno - 1036859 - CAROLINA DE AQUINO GOMES
Presidente - 2676289 - CLAUDIO AUGUSTO CARVALHO MOURA
Externo à Instituição - 615-329-8695 - KATHARINE A. BURNETT - Fisk