“Não foi feita para marcar grandes passos, mas pequenos que a levaram a grandes triunfos”: o protagonismo da mulher negra em “Um defeito de cor”, de Ana Maria Gonçalves.

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to present a descriptive, critical-reflexive analysis, based on Law 10.639 / 03, on the protagonism of the black woman in the work "A defect of color", by Ana Maria Gonçalves (2017), and investigate the contribution of Afro-Brazilian Literature for the formation of readers, that give visibility to this ethnic group target of such bias and that are always presented as secondary characters in our Brazilian literature. As a theoretical reference, we used the studies related to Law 10.639 / 2003, the studies about Afro-Brazilian Literature: Duarte (2008), of the literary genre Romance História: Machado (1990), Bakhtin (1987) Lukács (2011), Pessanha 2013), and D'Onofrio, (1995). Regarding the methodological approach, a bibliographic review was done. Thus contributing and stimulating reading as a social practice to combat racism.