Open AccessO medo nas crianças de Clarice Lispector
Author(s) -
Carolina Di Próspero
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anuário de literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-7917
pISSN - 1414-5235
DOI - 10.5007/2175-7917.2008v13n2p22
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , narrative , literature , psychoanalysis , art , history , psychology , computer science , operating system
In this work, we seek to investigate the theme of fear in Clarice Lispector’s short stories which include children as main characters. Fear is present in many of the author’s narratives, taking on a distinctive role in the development of her stories. Regarding childhood, it appears as a response to the prematurity of the discoveries the author imposes on her characters. Comparing Lispector’s texts to some of the most famous short stories in horror literature – such as Edgar Allan Poe’s William Wilson and The Black Cat – we hope to clarify the elements that bring the author closer and further from this literary genre, investigating her role in this tradition